Revista MENDIVE (Oct 2022)
Trends in postgraduate and doctoral training. Impact on sustainable development
Abstract
The vision on the relevance of higher education materialized in the projection towards sustainable development and the ability to respond to the demands and needs of the country is of particular importance. International experience indicates that the creation of capacities and, particularly, the training of human talent, is a key element for promoting sustainable development. So the objective of this article is to determine the trends that characterize postgraduate training, in particular, doctoral training and its impact on sustainable development, until the beginning of 2020. Methods such as documentary analysis, content analysis and analysis were used. complementary methods such as analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction, and comparative education. Among the most notable results were the essential changes in postgraduate and doctoral education, the challenges of postgraduate studies at the international level, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, the generic competencies of postgraduate and doctoral training, the types of training programs doctoral studies and the characterization of doctoral training and its impact on sustainable development.
