Effects of the Implementation of the Colombian Accreditation Model for Academic Programs – A Study Based on the Case of Technology Programs

Abstract

This article presents the results of research carried out to evaluate the proposal and the effectiveness of the Colombian model for the accreditation of academic programs by analyzing both its bases and the results of implementing the process in technological programs. Taking what was found as a starting point, the paper puts forward a proposal to improve the accreditation model in the following aspects: widening the participation of the members of the institutions in the evaluation process; designing a model for outside evaluation to encourage communication between those who apply to the evaluation and the program to be evaluated; supporting the process of institutional improvement; diversifying the accreditation organisms and models; and creating an external evaluation as a tool for the Consejo Nacional de Acreditación’s accountability

Keywords

• educational policies
• accreditation
• quality of education
• technological education
• education and state Quality of the education Accreditation Technical education.