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Mejoras en los procesos formativos: perspectivas en la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
Authors: Jiménez Gladys
Published: August 2018

Recrear un nuevo humanismo desde su visión y misión es el desafío de la Universidad. Los procesos docentes han de procurar, para los estudiantes, una formación sólida en principios; el desarrollo de habilidades y competencias requeridas en la sociedad del conocimiento; el trabajo interdisciplinario, la calidad docente, la conformación de comunidades de aprendizaje y la incorporación apropiada de metodologías interactivas y de nuevas tecnologías de la información, fomentando el compromiso con las personas, el diálogo, la confianza recíproca y la participación en el quehacer universitario. Tal proceso puede impulsarse y fortalecerse por medio de tres líneas de trabajo: formación valórica de los jóvenes, mejoramiento de la calidad de los procesos formativos y autoevaluación y acreditación de carreras.
AFI: un aporte a la calidad.
Authors: Bernasconi Andrés , Rojas Fernando
Published: August 2018

Con base en la información públicamente disponible del Ministerio de Educación sobre la distribución del Aporte Fiscal Indirecto (AFI), la revisión de la ley y sus modificaciones, y antecedentes más detallados sobre la distribución del AFI del año 1998, el presente artículo realiza una evaluación empírica del desempeño del AFI entre 1990 y 2002.En el análisis se comprueba la concentración del aporte en universidades –en desmedro de los institutos profesionales y centros de formación técnica–, en instituciones del Consejo de Rectores, y en alumnos de colegios privados, de la región metropolitana y de sexo masculino. Como factores explicativos de tales patrones de distribución se proponen la decreciente movilidad interregional de los alumnos, la diversa capacidad de las regiones de producir buenos puntajes, y la relación que existe entre resultados de la PAA y el nivel socioeconómico y sexo del alumno. Se comprueba, además, la estrecha relación que existe entre AFI y prestigio institucional, así como la creciente participación de las universidades privadas en el aporte.El análisis sugiere que la incorporación de las notas de enseñanza media al cálculo del AFI beneficiaría a las postulantes mujeres y a las universidades del Consejo Rectores, sin modificar la actual composición socioeconómica de los alumnos receptores de AFI.Se subraya, por último, la importancia del AFI como indicador de calidad institucional, y la necesidad de mejorar el nivel de información sobre sus resultados, para así contribuir a guiar el desarrollo de la educación superior hacia comportamientos institucionales que enfaticen la orientación al usuario y la calidad de servicios y productos como factores clave en la competitividad.
Universidad Ruperto Carola de Heidelberg: desde la tradición al futuro
Authors: Eckel Walter
Published: August 2018

En una primera parte del artículo, como antecedente y contexto de las tradiciones y el prestigio de la Universidad de Heidelberg, pasaremos revista a algunos de los acontecimientos más importantes de su historia y de su proyección romántica universal, tan vinculadas a la ciudad que la alberga. En la segunda parte, analizaremos las razones por las que la Universidad de Heidelberg se cuenta entre las más importantes instituciones de excelencia académica de Alemania y de Europa, en materia de docencia e investigación, señalando además los conceptos y las estrategias innovadoras que se están aplicando para consolidar y proyectar su posición de líder mundial, como la creación del Heidelberg Center para América Latina, que se inaugurara en abril del presente año en Santiago de Chile.
Necesidad de posgraduados en Chile
Authors: Rodríguez Claudia , Vio Carlos Pablo
Published: August 2018

The need for highly qualified human resources is an undeniable fact in view of the challenges posed by the development of a globalized and highly competitive world. Chile's situation, compared to the rest of Latin America, is far from satisfactory even though at present there are interesting opportunities for creating a critical mass of young adults equipped with high levels of education, including graduate studies. However, insufficient job creation to allow graduate students to use the full range of their skills is a threat to the contribution that these human resources can make to the country's development. Consequently, it is essential to develop graduate study programs capable of responding to the demand outside academic circles for human resources with these skills and this -in turn- calls for revising the criteria and indicators with which the quality of these programs is currently assessed.
Acreditación de los posgrados en Chile.
Authors: Reich Ricardo
Published: August 2018

In the 1990s, Chilean higher education institutions â€“principally the ones that are part of the Council of University Chancellorsâ€“ started up a series of accreditation processes for post-graduate programs. These currently include undergraduate courses in view of the fact that evaluations assess the qualifications needed to ensure financing from the government and the private sector, because accreditation is an indicator of the fact that a given institution in particular possesses the conditions required to optimize resources. Simultaneously, accreditation has turned into a self-evaluation initiative that helps improve programs and subsequently permits their international projection. In short, the growing number of experimental processes underway and accreditation resolutions, coupled with the bill for the National Accreditation System currently being analyzed by the Chilean Congress predict that Chile will definitely have in place a system to validate the quality of higher education. In this framework, the article describes and quantifies the accreditation of postgraduate study programs in Chile, from their initial stage guided by CONICYT â€“the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Researchâ€“ up to the current phase under the Comisión Nacional de Acreditación de Posgrados.
Desarrollo y acreditación de las maestrías en administración de empresas.
Authors: Ibañez Andrés
Published: August 2018

Growing interest in taking graduate courses in business administration on a national and international level, together with the ever-increasing supply of universities and business schools in reply to this demand make it necessary to identify the goals of these masterâ€™s degree study programs, the most important variables to assess their quality and comparability and also to become familiar with international accreditation systems for such study programs. Graduate studies in business administration have a short history in Chile, and it is therefore important to take international experience into account in order to determine the quality of these professional study programs as a way to guide applicants in their decisions on investing their time, money and professional prestige in a given university
Hacia una educación más integral: soft skills y ética.
Authors: Errazuriz Juan Eduardo
Published: August 2018

Chilean education has traditionally focused on teaching specific courses to the detriment of a more comprehensive approach that includes skills such as communication, leadership and negotiation, among others. These so-called soft skills are, at present, essential for good professional performance.This paper suggests that graduate training faces two major challenges: teaching soft skills and ethical behavior. Soft skills should be central and not accessory in a more comprehensive educational approach. Similarly, ethics should not be treated like any other academic course but instead should be imbued in all courses and be an inspiring element leading to actions with higher moral consistency
Convergencia e institucionalidad en la educación superior
Authors: Salazar José Miguel
Published: August 2018

This paper tries to show the institutional frame within which convergence takes place in the Chilean higher educational system. It offers a brief characterization of the idea of convergence, gives concrete examples of how it takes place, and refers to the legal frame that enables it to happen in public institutions. Finally, it describes the most outstanding state entities in terms of convergence (the Rectors's Council, The Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, the Superior Council of Education and the Scientific and Technological Investigation National Commitee),and indicates its characteristics, as well as the functions and activities that take place in the area.
Software y herramientas especializadas en beneficio de la docencia
Authors: Anabalón Gustavo
Published: August 2018

The strong impact of the information and communication technologies on almost all our society's developing areas has opened unexpected opportunities for productivity's improvement. To begin with, this paper describes the determining elements that have influenced on including technology in education. Secondly, it points out the academic and teaching needs which can be assisted by computational programs, as well as the various degrees in the market. It continues to point out the experience inside the University of Chile, its agreements, some author's platforms and programs, and its own products. Finally, it talks about some of the institutional challenges on the subject
Revalidación de títulos extranjeros en Chile
Authors: Litvak Jorge , González Juan Carlos
Published: August 2018

This report presents the historical background of the foreign degrees renewal in Chile. Since it was created, in 1842, the University of Chile has the function to recognize the professional and academic degrees obtained abroad, applying a serious and demanding pattern. The paper points out the most important rules and proceedings applied to recognitions and renewals, and offers a synthesis of the international agreements suscribed by our country authorising foreign professionals to work in either one.
Movilidad estudiantil, integración y convergencia.
Authors: Pozo Jaime , Rojo Eduardo
Published: August 2018

Today, students' mobility in higher education acquires a great importance. The efforts made to interchange programs that supply assistenships for a period of time are more and more frequent. This paper describes the benefits and results. The speed with which scientific change takes place and technology's incredible advance demands a revision of the university's system. It is necessary to allow flexibility in prerequisites and to incorporate elective general subjects. The experience due to CRISCOS' and the State's Universities Consorcio's mobility programs, is a clear example that integration - which allows mobility- constructs an interesting path towards a new type of forming university students.
Educación superior técnica y profesional en el marco de la globalización: INACAP
Authors: Dittborn Paulina , Aedo Cristián
Published: August 2018

This article presents some relevant aspects of the vision and mission of INACAP. It includes a discussion on how the study programs are developed and implemented, a summary of the current international agreements in practice and a brief overview of its history. The article concludes highlighting some of the main challenges that INACAP faces in a global world of educational services.
El MERCOSUR e Iberoamérica: compromisos con la calidad de la educación superior.
Authors: Lemaitre María José
Published: August 2018

Globalization and internationalization have created new forms of linking that set special emphasis on the subject of comparing studies and, above all, on quality.
In Latinamerica we may point out two recent projects. To begin with, the planning and put to work after of the Experimental Acreditation Mechanism MERCOSUR (Mecanismo Experimental de Acreditación MERCOSUR), signed by the Education ministers of the MERCOSUR members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), Bolivia and Chile, in an Agreement Memorandum for the studies' recognition in the six countries.
Secondly, all of the countries in Latinamerica, together with Spain and Portugal, have formed the Iberoamerican Net for the Higher Education's Acreditation and Quality, expressing their will to promote and sustain it. The American States Organisation (Organización de Estados Americanos) and UNESCO's International Institute for Latin America's and Caribbean's Higher Education (Instituto Internacional para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (IESALC) helps this task.
All these efforts aim for a better higher education, shown both in the need to fill the basic demands coming from the world of disciplines and professions, and the recognition of the institutions' autonomy in order to give to all those demands their own profile, based on their culture and development's needs.
Fundamentos de la educación superior del Ejército de Chile
Authors: Institutos Militares Comando de
Published: August 2018

Facing the challenge to structure an educational system in harmony with the demands of the XXIst century, the army published, in 1997, the "Institutional Educational System: Philosophy, Politics and Ranges", it contains the basis of the military education and the strategies for its management,according to the educational reform. A second book was published in the year 2000: "Institutional Educational System:Teaching Management", a complement to the previous one.
The purpose of this study is to express the army's fundamental educational basis. A global vision of the institutional model within the frame of modernisation will be given, based on both texts.
El conocimiento impulsa tus alas.
Authors: Fuerza Aérea de Chile División de Educación
Published: August 2018

Education has evolved from a series of innovations to which the Air Force has not been unaware. For this reason, as a permanent State body, it is involved in the State's established policies of its modernization plan, promoting an internal educational reform. From this perspective, the academies and colleges have the responsibility of providing an education that addresses the various formative areas, so as to prepare officers and non-commissioned officers with a sound military, physical, and intellectual preparation with solid principles and ability to face and solve the problems demanded by their professional performance, with a service and commitment attitude throughout their professional career.
Sistema educativo de la Policía de Investigaciones de Chile
Authors: Educación Policial Jefatura de
Published: August 2018

During the last ten years, the Investigation Police Forces' educational system has experienced a great advance, which has considerably improved its quality. Therefore, its educational activity is widely recognized due to its humanistic-scientific approach; because it considers the cultural context and stimulates the social, artistic and sports activities of all de institution's members.
In the first place, after a brief account of the legal frame, this paper unfolds the investigation police's philosophy, offers an outline of its educational structure and its graduates' profiles
La investigación científica y su apropiación por la sociedad.
Authors: Ureta Tito
Published: August 2018

The paper reveals the difficulties that Chilean society faces in appropriating scientific knowledge despite its intensive use of technology. In addition to emphasizing the importance of such appropriation for society as a whole, the author points to some of the underlying reasons of this difficulty, such as the poor quality of Chilean education, an extremely premature specialization â€“both in the case of students as well as in that of professionalsâ€“ and the inaccessibility of the language of specialists, a fact that frequently requires resorting to poor intermediaries. The paper ends with some ideas about what scientists can do to achieve effective dissemination of their research results.
El sistema universitario y la vinculación cultural con el medio
Authors: Merino Luis
Published: August 2018

The paper analyzes the cultural relationship between Chilean universities and the social setting of which they are part, generally known as outreach, and the various difficulties they currently faces in view of the circumstances created by the market and globalization. From the author's own perspective and experience at the Universidad de Chile, the article analyzes a unidirectional approach -i.e. from the institution towards the setting- to which it has been exposed in historical terms, and advocates in favor of a cultural link for universities approached from both sides, that is, one that also takes into account the needs and aspirations of society, by forging alliances within the university system and other organizations to allow to diversify the source of funding and also bring in the contribution of Chilean culture from abroad. Only if a willingness of this type exists -among other measures- will universities be capable to overcome their isolation and recover their quality of being cultural points of reference.
Hacia una extensión de calidad: los supuestos de una experiencia.
Authors: Pellegrini Silvia
Published: August 2018

Outreach activities appear as the challenge for the university of the future. The cultural and social change involved in globalization has affected universities while society demands that they prepare an efficient form of cultural supplementation. Thus, university quality is not measured by their specific contents or by their ability to add resources to academic activities, but by their ability to achieve a precise adaptation resulting in the development of both society and universities as institutions. It is not possible to separate the extension of quality from a concept of the social function of knowledge and the role that universities are called upon to play in this respect. The experience of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile reflects the variety and extent to which this relationship can take place.
Cultura, desarrollo y universidad.
Authors: Rojas Álvaro
Published: August 2018

¿Es necesario promover el desarrollo de rasgos culturales propios para hacer universidad? Una comunidad que se vuelca a aportar lo mejor de sus capacidades y a hacer trascender su obra universitaria necesita, inexorablemente, dar respuestas efectivas a temas de racionalidad sustantiva, que contribuyan a dar orientaciones y sentido al proyecto de universidad que se desea construir. Es, precisamente, en la consecución del ideal universitario donde se da, con particular nitidez, el significado que juega la cultura en la formación profesional y la vinculación que permite generar con la sociedad. Este ideal debe contribuir, entre otros aspectos, a promover una discusión elevada de los temas nacionales e internacionales, a mantener los rasgos característicos de la identidad nacional, a velar por la preservación del medio ambiente y a mejorar la condición de vida de todos nuestros compatriotas. Para ello, el proceso educativo debe transcurrir, esencialmente, en un ambiente formativo, en el que se debe dar suficiente espacio para el crecimiento humano y espiritual, que habilite a sus profesionales para un desempeño en ambientes progresivamente complejos y globales. Y son estos elementos los que aportan, fuertemente, una cultura institucional forjadora de principios y valores.
Proceso de examinación del CSE: incidencia de las variable género en el rendimiento académico.
Authors: Paulus Nelson , Griggs Thomas
Published: August 2018

This paper describes a study that attempts to discriminate â€“in the context of the Type Three examination processes applied by the Higher Education Council to some of the institutions that signed up for the accreditation process in 2001 and 2002â€“ how the gender variable behaves in terms of the studentsâ€™ academic performance. Differences are expressed in dissimilar ways, depending on the type of institution examined, the school shift attended by students, the type of subjects involved, and the kind of study program examined. The conclusions draw attention to the existence of certain observable facts, common to both genders, that should be cause for concern among higher education establishments.
La gestión universitaria frente a los actuales desafíos
Authors: Williamson Carlos
Published: August 2018

This paper analyzes the changes that have taken place in university management, based on a type of university that is complex, not for profit, with a public service vocation and an emphasis on research. The first part addresses the issue of university organization, particularly profit viewed as an element to be kept in mind in defining a management model. It then goes on to describe two processes that cut across any organization: strategic planning, which sets out the major lines for institutional development and the subject of university government, i.e. the structure that shapes the decision-making process and that makes it possible to define the proper course for the plan. The second part of the text analyzes the reactions of the university to the new trends and challenges which, essentially, determine management with a view to delivering adequate responses to the requirements posed by a diverse and changing environment.
Cómo cumplir con los estándares de acreditación: el papel esencial del desarrollo docente
Authors: Strong Ned
Published: August 2018

Accreditation systems are established to set standards and to measure quality. One of the most difficult hurdles Latin American and Caribbean institutions will face as they achieve higher and higher standards will be the need to increase the qualifications of the faculty. The current state of the professorate shows a significant gap in two important areas: the extent to which faculty members have achieved graduate degrees and their rate of scientific production. An increase in the number of faculty with advanced degrees can be achieved by creating incentives for study in accredited national Ph.D. programs, sending faculty to other countries for advanced degree programs, recruiting international faculty, and investing in career development through "in serviceâ€ programs such as executive education Accreditation standards that include measures of faculty achievement will provide needed incentives to bridge the knowledge gap in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Cambios en el sistema de educación superior y sus efectos en la gestión financiera
Authors: Capel Antonieta
Published: August 2018

Analizaremos la evolución del sistema educacional superior desde el punto de vista de su financiamiento, a partir de los años ochenta, y su impacto en las universidades tradicionales chilenas.
Educación escolar y educación superior. Un diálogo necesario para construir relaciones sistémicas.
Authors: Miranda Martín
Published: August 2018

Many students who enter university are deficient in the necessary knowledge and skills. This is due to deficiencies in their school training and the requirements of higher education which are not covered by school study programs. In order to deal with the causes of this problem, the different levels of education need to be systemically coordinated in a life-long education approach using a strategy to improve initial and ongoing teacher training (in the field of higher education) to bridge the gap between the requirements imposed by a reformed curriculum and the teaching skills that enable students to achieve learning.
Lineamientos y directrices para la transformación y perfeccionamiento de la formación de docentes.
Authors: Jiménez Mónica
Published: August 2018

Este texto recoge la visión de los participantes en el encuentro nacional “Propuesta de Políticas para la Formación Docente”, acerca de los principales problemas y avances en la formación inicial docente en las universidades chilenas. Se presentan también algunas propuestas de lineamientos y tareas consensuadas por los diferentes estamentos participantes en dicho encuentro.
Formación de recursos humanos en el sector agropecuario y agroindustrial a trsvés de la articulación de educación superior, media, no formal y sector productivo.
Authors: Santa María Alejandro , Rojas Patricio , Melín Patricio , Fawaz Julia
Published: August 2018

La alianza de instituciones de educación superior agropecuaria y agroindustrial de la región del Bío Bío con el nivel medio y el sector empresarial y laboral permitió constituir la red de articulación de la formación agropecuaria y agroindustrial, que se encuentra elaborando un modelo para implementar un sistema de formación continua y permanente del sector, de manera de responder a los desafíos generados por los tratados y acuerdos comerciales firmados por nuestro país. Este artículo da cuenta de esa experiencia.
Reino Unido: la educación superior en la edad moderna.
Authors: Parker Andrew , Neary Michael , Lambert Cath
Published: August 2018

En el Reino Unido, a partir de la década de 1980, la educación superior ha ido comercializándose cada día más. En respuesta a las presiones del gobierno, las universidades se han tornado más empresariales y han adoptado formas similares a las corporaciones de negocios, para aprovechar las oportunidades que presentan las llamadas “sociedades globales de conocimiento y de información” (Nunn, 2002).
Producción editorial de las universidades chilenas entre 2002 y 2004
Authors: Loyola Manuel
Published: August 2018

En el presente informe se da a conocer una visión de la producción editorial de las universidades del país para el periodo 2002 y 2004. La base cuantitativa de esta visión corresponde únicamente a la producción editorial universitaria que cuenta con registro ISBN (International Standard Book Number), por tanto, los datos pertenecen a productos monográficos (libros, textos de estudio, CD’s, DVD’s, videos, entre otros), es decir, de título independiente o que no son parte de ninguna edición seriada, como revistas, apuntes o documentos que realizan las unidades editoras universitarias.
El sistema de prestigio en las universidades y el rol que ocupan las mujeres en el mundo académico
Authors: Berrios Paulina
Published: August 2018

En el presente artículo se reflexiona a partir de los hallazgos de una investigación en el ámbito de la educación superior y género en Chile , y cuyo análisis aborda la vida privada de la educación superior; más específicamente: la vida cotidiana del cuerpo académico en el sistema universitario.
El proceso de toma de decisiones estratégicas en las universidades públicas
Authors: Rodríguez Emilio
Published: August 2018

This article aims at contributing a set of practical proposals to benefit the process of making strategic decisions in public universities. Using the results of previous research, this paper outlines the strategic imperatives to succeed both in the design and implementation of strategic decisions. The paper concludes with the construction of a systemic model based on the diversity of the management team, the consistency of its values and leadership style, variables that act as conclusive factors of the rationality, politicization, conflict, procedural justice, and the flexibility for a strategic decisions process.
La gobernabilidad de las instituciones de educación superior y el lugar de la participación
Authors: Marianov Vladimir , Von Chrismar Marcelo
Published: August 2018

The different government structures adopted by the institutions belonging to the Chilean higher education system are briefly discussed. The approaches utilized for appointment of university officials, as well as the participation channels used by faculty members and other stakeholders are analyzed, together with their advantages and difficulties. The cases of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and DuocUC Foundation are described.
Modelo de gestión para homogeneizar y asegurar calidad docente en una universidad con expansión territorial
Authors: Merino Carlos
Published: August 2018

The Arturo Prat University is a State organization that due to its origin and financial conditions has implemented an operational management model based on the establishment of centers and campuses. The aim is to grow with a competitive capacity and as a complex university. This territorial expansion implies having policies and systems to assure homogeneity and quality in the service offered by the faculty. This article describes a management model aimed at this objective and shows the future that the University looks forward to.
Expansión territorial y gestión integrada en sedes en INACAP
Authors: Narbona Jorge
Published: August 2018

This article describes the regional expansion model with emphasis on campus management developed by INACAP Corporation to comply with its view, mission, and development strategies. This includes a set of management practices to guarantee homogeneity and the quality of the educational service of the institution in all its campuses nationwide. The campuses' programs have been developed considering labor market needs, and the features inherent to the regions where they have been established, which is part of a strategy that simultaneously strengthens the synergies of centralized services and campus management.
Universidad Santo Tomás y globalización: iniciativas para afrontar este proceso
Authors: Urzúa Magdalena , Abuhadba Mario
Published: August 2018

This article discusses the experiences developed by Santo Tomás University of Chile and the network of members of the International Council of Saint Thomas Aquinas Universities, IC-USTA, to uphold equity among the faculty and students throughout the world in the access to information and knowledge, and that cover the fields of teaching, research and extension activities. These experiences may be useful for professors and students of the countryâ€™s higher education
Educación a distancia: notas sobre una experiencia reciente
Authors: Araujo Alejandro
Published: August 2018

The article presents some reflections on the need for student teacher face to face interaction in the educational experience. What happens with our forms of interaction, establishment of places and spaces, building subjectivities, production of memories, and history in the era of territorial displacement by new technologies? From his personal experience in the development of a distance course of his own, the author wishes to contribute to the discussion on how to efficiently incorporate distance education in university teaching.
Estudio global de los rankings universitarios
Authors: Usher Alex , Savino Massimo
Published: August 2018

University rankings or league tables are a common feature in most countries with large higher education systems. They were created to meet the need for more transparency and have comparative data on educational institutions. In this article, some classification and ranking systems of the world are analyzed in terms of their data collection method and their selection and weighting indicators. Additionally the German CHE (Centre for Higher Education Development), system â€“that does not comply with the normal university classification "rulesâ€â€“ is studied. Since the international ranking schemes are assuming a role to assure quality in the growing international student market, the global higher education community needs to start analyzing the way it can compile and supply information that will allow carrying out serious and reliable interinstitutional comparisons, and thus contribute to improve the quality of higher education.
Nueva metodología para un ranking de universidades chilenas
Authors: Meller Patricio , Rappoport David
Published: August 2018

This article questions the traditional methodology used for the preparation of university rankings, and suggests the development of leagues for Chilean universities based on the income of their graduates and verifying its statistical validit. Accordingly, the concept of "rankingâ€ is limited to that of category, e.g. first, second and third class universities. The results show the following conclusions: first, there are important differences in the income of graduates from the different universities; second, the ranking and magnitude of the average income differentials depend on the profession considered, reaffirming the need to prepare separate rankings for each profession; and, third, it is observed that there is a reward for reputation between traditional versus derived, and between old private universities versus new private universities (for those established in the Metropolitan Region and the 5th Region).
Universitarios y lectura:análisis cuali-cuantitativo del uso, accesibilidad y valoración de los libros
Authors: Gilardoni Claudia
Published: August 2018

The reading behavior of young Chilean university students during their last years of study, and the possibility of projecting their eventual disposition as future book consumers, has motivated a research which is discussed in this article. After this research, background information was obtained that allowed characterizing the behavior of young readers, their level of valuation of books, and the channels through which they access them. The quantitative analysis is the result of a relationship between the original institutions of the students (either financed by the State or private), and the fields of study of the individuals. The latter have been classified as Art, Social Sciences, Basic Sciences, and Applied Sciences students.
Virtualmente interculturales. La educación superior en Bolivia.
Authors: Hurtado Álvaro
Published: August 2018

Bolivia es un país multicultural y plurilingÁ¼e, diversidad que ha construido exclusión de las mayorías indígenas y predominio de plurivalencias convivientes a manera de interculturalidad. En ese contexto, se describen tres experiencias en la educación superior boliviana, cada una con ángulo distinto pero complementario. Por un lado, el Programa de Educación Intercultural BilingÁ¼e, que parte del reconocimiento de los idiomas nativos como mecanismo para la transmisión de conocimiento; por otro, las unidades académicas campesinas, iniciativa de la Universidad Católica Boliviana, también con su particular forma de entender lo intercultural, y, por último, la investigación reciente de "lo intercultural" como construcción de identidad de indígenas universitarios. Al final, un atisbo de conclusión que, más bien, cierra el insistente cuestionamiento al concepto de interculturalidad.
Factores explicativos de la deserción universitaria
Authors: Canales Andrea , De los Ríos Danae
Published: August 2018

The paper presents a qualitative approach to the results of a research study on the main causes and determining factors that underlie university drop-outs in Chile. Research results suggest that dropping out occurs in two forms: permanently and temporarily with major differences underlying each case. Temporary drop-outs are caused mainly by vocational, sociocultural and motivational factors. Permanent drop-outs are due to socioeconomic reasons. Factors that account for either type of drop-out reflect the different opportunities and limitations that students face in the present day educational system. Thus, consideration of these factors is essential for drafting educational policies in order to reduce the negative effects involved.
Educación tecnológica para la industria brasileña.
Authors: Borges de Araújo Alberto
Published: August 2018

This article reviews practices on strategic planning between 2000 and 2005 in eight universities pertaining to the Chancellor Council having different governance regimes, property and orientation on educational projects. Research shows that universities make all efforts to better know the strategic planning process and use of management instruments developed all over the corporate management area. However, the complete analysis of different stages of strategic planning reveals some problems in implementation, monitoring and feedback.
Vínculos entre modelos de financiación y categorización de los sistemas de educación superior de América Latina
Authors: Fernández A. Susana , Fernández Sara
Published: August 2018

In their different stages, higher education systems (HES) in Latin America have aspects in common that allow different authors to establish a classification. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the funding models for the HES from different groups, specifically in Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Uruguay, so as to verify whether said models show any links with the results of the classification. Results show that, regardless of the group to which the HES belong, the predominant funding model is an incremental one.
De Partera a Matrona. Hacia la asistencia profesional del parto en Chile en el siglo XIX.
Authors: Zárate María Soledad
Published: August 2018

The author describes how the role of midwives in the 19th. Century went through a process of professionalization in Chile. This was a time when traditional practitioners who assisted women in childbirth were still fully trusted by women and performed an effective role. It also provides the necessary evidence to understand that the peculiarity of this work in Chile can only be understood as a process of professionalization where traditional midwives and their empirical knowledge turned into scientifically-trained certified nurse-midwives.
Los dilemas del profesorado en la educación superior mexicana.
Authors: Galaz Jesús Francisco , Padilla Laura E. , Gil Manuel , Sevilla Juan José
Published: August 2018

This paper deals with the tensions that Mexican academics confront as a consequence of Mexican higher education main challenges. These challenges are increasing student enrollment, increasing the economic pertinence of its academic programs, strengthening research and making institutional administration more efficient and transparent. All of the above has generated a global expectation that academics should perform, in a "balancedâ€ way, activities dealing with teaching, research, service and governance. Such expectation is exerting an enormous pressure over academics and pushing them to do the minimum necessary in each function in order to comply with the requirements that various programs demand in order to receive income in addition to their ordinary salary.
Evaluación académica en la Universidad Diego Portales.
Authors: Ramírez María José
Published: August 2018

The Diego Portales University established academic hierarchy and performance evaluation as mechanisms to assure the quality of its pool of teachers and to guarantee their pluralism and independence. External commissions assigned academic ranges using the expected features of full professor, associate professor, assistant teacher and instructor as criteria. In order to assign ranges, it was necessary to use qualitative and quantitative background in curricula. Internal commissions assessed teachers' annual performance and rated it as good, sufficient and insufficient, using as main evidence their annual labor planning accomplishment. This article documents principles, procedures, instruments and main outcomes from an academic evaluation launched in 2007 as well as learned lessons and measures taken.
Experiencia educativa e identidades étnicas en estudiantes universitarias indígenas de la Región Metropolitana.
Authors: Maillard Carolina , Ochoa Gloria , Valdivia Andrea
Published: August 2018

This article shows results from a case study aimed to learn more about the experience of indigenous girls studying at universities in Chile, because they represent one of the groups who experience a high level of educational inequity. The study addresses the relationship among educational record, experience in universities and ethnic identities considering three Chilean indigenous people: Aimara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui.
Aprendizaje de competencias: un análisis empírico en los estudios universitarios de Turismo en España.
Authors: Rodríguez José Miguel , Alonso Mar , Rubio Luis , Esteban Cristina
Published: August 2018

Due to new and important challenges tourism sector must face, human factor is the most important resource. Therefore, professionals must have competencies critical for determining competitivity of enterprises and institutions related. Based on that idea, an empirical analysis was carried out to learn about the learning process followed by tourism students to obtain these competencies. Outcomes show that future professionals are actually acquiring both generic and specific competencies they need for their professional future.
Trayectorias educacionales y laborales de los técnicos en Chile
Authors: Sánchez Silvana , Escudero Carole
Published: August 2018

In Chile it is very difficult to find research approaches addressing educational paths, mostly in the case of technical education. However, it is urgent to rely on this kind of analysis due to the dilemma existing between its contribution to increasing productivity and the value it has in terms of income earned after graduation. This work shows findings that have to be considered in the debate on educational and labor paths of technicians and represents a methodological input for facing this issue more inclusively. It uses the Casen Panel Survey to design those paths and applies a multinomial model to analyze social stratification patterns finding that educative transitions respond to the total per capita income and localization at the Metropolitan area. It is evident that graduates from both cohorts studied did not prefer to study in technical education centers. This represents a limiting factor for the analysis.
Más allá de laptops y pizarras digitales: la experiencia chilena de incorporación de TIC en la formación inicial de docentes.
Authors: Garrido José Miguel , Gros Begoña , Rodríguez Jaime , Silva Juan , Nervi Hugo
Published: August 2018

Based on the experience developed by 18 universities of the Council of Rectors relocating the studying focus on ICT applied in programs of pre-service teachers (PST), the characteristics of innovation projects implemented are revised and analyzed in order to incorporate ICT Standards and Competences proposed by the Education Ministry for improving the curriculum of pre-services teachers. This discussion unveils six focuses of concern mentioned by teams in participating universities, who in turn outline a strategy for articulating ICT-PST supported in five stages. The objective is overcoming the excessively technical look underling the formation of future teachers in this field.
Implementación de Plan Estratégico Institucional(PEI): control y gestión.
Authors: Grünewald Ingrid , Mora Arturo
Published: August 2018

El presente artículo da cuenta de la experiencia desarrollada en la Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) durante el proceso de implementación de su Plan Estratégico 2006- 2010 y la gestión del mismo. Considera desde el alineamiento de las bases corporativas en torno al logro de los objetivos estratégicos propuestos, la coherencia y adhesión de los planes de desarrollo internos de cada facultad con el plan global de la universidad, hasta la generación de las bases de un Sistema de Control de Gestión asociado al monitoreo permanente del plan. Durante el desarrollo de este proceso se han determinado algunos factores críticos de éxito que la UdeC desea compartir con la comunidad académica nacional e internacional.
Sujetos rurales que por primera generación acceden a la universidad y su dinámica de movilidad social en la Región del Maule
Authors: Concha Claudia
Published: August 2018

The present article shows findings from a research called "Itinerary of life of rural people who as first generation access to higher education and its mobility dynamics at Maule regionâ€, which carried out 32 biographical interviews to professionals of cohort 2003-2004 pertaining to three private and three public universities of the region. The study reports that the university education operates as a mechanism of social mobility in the low class, i.e. poor, and in the lower middle class. In the case of the middle class, it increases standards of living and wellbeing. Nevertheless and due to an increasing overcrowding of university systems, credentials have lose their function to facilitate social ascent, so it is required to develop other devices such as social contacts and individual share capital in order to hold or to improve the social position.
Discapacidad en contextos universitarios: Experiencia del Piane UC
Authors: Lissi Rosa , Zuzulich Soledad , Salinas Marcela , Achiardi Consuelo , Hojas Ana M. , Pedrals Nuria
Published: August 2018

The article presents the issue of inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education and describes the existing barriers preventing their successful inclusion. It also presents a model including conditions to be met for a university is considered inclusive. Moreover, it describes the PIANE-UC Program developed at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile to facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities and points at its achievements and main intervention areas. Finally, it presents a critical view of the present situation and reviews the relevance of this kind of programs in universities to create equal opportunities for these students.
Factores que influencian la motivación de escolares por las áreas tecnológicas e ingeniería.
Authors: Blázquez Carola , Álvarez Pamela , Bronfman Nicolás , Espinosa Juan F.
Published: August 2018

La baja representación femenina en áreas tecnológicas e ingeniería conlleva a que disminuya la diversidad y productividad en la fuerza laboral. Este estudio determinó los factores que mayor influencia tienen sobre la motivación de los escolares para decidir por carreras tecnológicas e ingeniería. Se planteó un modelo causal probado por medio de Modelos de Ecuaciones Estructurales con datos de 1.697 escolares encuestados en la ciudad de Santiago. Los resultados sugieren que los factores "apoyo de profesores" y "autoconcepto" poseen el mayor efecto sobre la motivación, siendo este último percibido en mayor magnitud por hombres que por mujeres. Sorpresivamente, el factor "apoyo en el hogar" no mantuvo un efecto directo y significativo sobre la motivación.
Redes electrónicas en organizaciones de educación superior: el caso de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Authors: García Cristóbal , Piña Álvaro
Published: August 2018

Until now, most of the scholarly articles on organizational electronic networks have been analyzed from a methodological standpoint. Using a unique database, this article aims to transcend the pure methodological analysis in order to study the effect that the organizational structure and publication activities has on emails dynamics of the P.Catholic University of Chile's Social Science Faculty. Our results are twofold: on the one hand, we find a strong differentiation between the communication role of the official authority and that of the epistemic authority; on the other hand, we find an emerging tendency within both subgroups to generate collaborative and collegiate systems that coexist with more hierarchical and bureaucratic organizational forms. We suggest that the co-existence of these two coordination forms shows an ongoing cultural and organizational change within this university-based milieu where academic recognition is not only obtained through teaching activities but rather through scientific and research activities.
Incorporación de España al espacio europeo de educación superior: el caso de una universidad catalana.
Authors: Masjuan Josep M. , Troiano Helena
Published: August 2018

This paper describes two processes related to the incorporation of Spain into the European Area of Higher Education through the voluntary participation of some degrees in an experimental test. A) The decision-making process carried out in Faculties and Schools according to the information obtained through an open interview made to 28 academic leaders. B) The implementation of new programs and methodologies by lecturers, adapted to the new European credit system. Information was obtained through a questionnaire to 424 lecturers from different fields. Statistical description and discourse analysis are complemented with the construction of ideal types aiming to utilize subjective and contextualized rationality of actors as an explicative mechanism for their position. Data analysis shows that success of reforms cannot be taken for granted as the way the process has been carried out.