Por: Sandra Liliana Bernal Pérez
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Fecha: 01/01/2019
This research evaluates the effectiveness of internationalization as a quality condition of an undergraduate academic program in a Colombian education institution. Internationalization, as indicated by the Ministry of National Education (2009), is a process that fosters the cooperation and integration ties of Higher Education Institutions (HEis) with their peers in other parts of the world, in order to achieve a greater presence and international visibility in an increasingly globalized world. In Colombia, the internationalization of higher education is a priority established by the Ministry of National Education in Law 30 of 1992, through which bodies are created that promote and regulate the promotion of education in the international arena. Recently, internationalization was identified as a priority in the Sector Plan 2011-2014, which affects the fact that educational institutions establish this practice within their priorities. The Colombian government, through the Ministry of National Education, has implemented a project to promote internationalization, which consists of three fundamental activities: advising HEis on internationalization strategies, promotion of Colombian higher education abroad and establishment of strategic alliances 8 that strengthen national policies (MEN, 2014). However, since 2013, internationalization was included for the first time in the guidelines for the accreditation of undergraduate programs of the National Accreditation Council - CNA, given the growing influence of this in the field of Higher Education. This is how he was given the importance of evaluating his contribution in high quality academic processes. Taking into account the above, this work was proposed to evaluate the effectiveness of internationalization making use of the CIPP Evaluative Model (Context, Inputs, Processes and Results) proposed by Stufflebeam and Schinkfield (1987). However, by methodology and to delimit the study, this evaluation focused on the dimensions of context, process and results. The work is divided into five parts: the first presents the research problem that exposes the difficulties of the topic and the importance of evaluating it; the second contains the conceptual framework that guides the evaluation; the third exposes the methodological design, including approach and type of research, participants, categories, variables, validity and ethical considerations. The fourth part presents the main findings of the context, process and results evaluations obtained in the process of internationalization of the Academic Program; the fifth exposes the conclusions with their respective recommendations and opportunities for improvement.
Fuente:
Universidad Externado de Colombia
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