Retos y perspectivas de la Educación Superior de cuarto nivel: hacia un modelo Institucional de Posgrado para la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The current article presents a projection for Graduate Programs at the Universidad de Cuenca based on the analysis of the current condition and the challenges that are subject to the universities. Here, the main issues on globalization and its effects on public policies, which influence the management of graduate programs, are considered as starting points. Additionally, relevant aspects of pertinence and evolution of graduate studies and their administration worldwide and the challenges that these kind of programs face are addressed. As a contribution to the analysis, elements for the development of a graduate institutional model considering: academic offerings with relevance, academic integration and internationalization, the strengthening of the quality, and the management are proposed with the purpose of encouraging the discussion and analysis and exchange of opinions that allow the construction of a graduate management institutional model for the Universidad de Cuenca within an integrated concept to knowledge generation and scientific production processes and individual and collective development. One of the main objectives of the present document is to strengthen and promote an offer of graduate programs highly competitive and fully connected to the productive and strategic sectors of our society.