Local relevancy evaluation in the accreditation bodies for engineering master's programs

Miñán Ubillús, Erick Alexander, Chiyon Carrasco, Isabel del Rosario and Diaz Puente, Jose Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-560X (2011). Local relevancy evaluation in the accreditation bodies for engineering master's programs. "Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal", v. 15 (n. 1); pp. 475-479. ISSN 1877-0428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.125.

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Title: Local relevancy evaluation in the accreditation bodies for engineering master's programs
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Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal
Date: May 2011
ISSN: 1877-0428
Volume: 15
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Faculty: E.T.S.I. Agrónomos (UPM) [antigua denominación]
Department: Proyectos y Planificación Rural [hasta 2014]
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Abstract

Accreditation models in the international context mainly consider the evaluation of learning outcomes and the ability of programs (or higher education institutions) to achieve the educational objectives stated in their mission. However, it is not clear if these objectives and therefore their outcomes satisfy real national and regional needs, a critical point in engineering master's programs, especially in developing countries. The aim of this paper is to study the importance of the local relevancy evaluation of these programs and to analyze the main models of quality assurance and accreditation bodies of USA, Europe and Latin America, in order to ascertain whether the relevancy is evaluated or not. After a literature review, we found that in a free-market economic context and international education, the accreditation of master’s programs follows an international accreditation model, and doesn´t take in account in most cases criteria and indicators for local relevancy. It concludes that it is necessary both, international accreditation to ensure the effectiveness of the program (achievement of learning outcomes) and the national accreditation through which it could ensure local relevancy of programs, for which we are giving some indicators.

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Item ID: 11866
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/11866/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:11866
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.125
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 27 Sep 2012 09:46
Last Modified: 21 Apr 2016 11:03
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