Tertiary Education in Colombia

In Colombia, the beginning of a new century has brought with it a palpable feeling of optimism. Colombians will need new and better skills to apply to new challenges and prospects. The past underperformance of Colombia's education system is both a cause and an effect of a system unable to provide high quality education to all. An "education revolution" has begun and progress is being made. Basic and secondary enrolment, quality and learning outcomes are trending upward. The government's main policy goals at the tertiary level focus on the key challenges: expanding enrolment and improving equity, increasing quality and relevance, and making governance and finance more responsive. To achieve these goals, policy makers and stakeholders must find ways to reach consensus, work together and overcome inertia. Colombia has drifted away from focusing exclusively on the needs of students, the graduates they become, and the society in which they live and work. Restoring the focus on how tertiary education can serve these needs is a good organizing principle for reform. The government developed a proposed reform of Law 30 - the main statute governing tertiary education - and vigorous national debate accompanied its dissemination. Opposition to for-profit education dominated the headlines, but, in the review team's view, other aspects of the proposed reform were and are more important. The dramatic increase in tertiary enrolment witnessed during the last decade has also resulted in a more equitable distribution of access to tertiary education. The goal of enrolling 50% of the age cohort is appropriate and achievable, but it implies new challenges for access and student finance policies. The tertiary system covers the full range of the Colombian economy's needs for skilled manpower, if not necessarily to an equal extent. The government has clear and well-founded plans and aspirations for future tertiary growth and development. The Colombian government and people are well aware that they need not only more, but also better and fairer, tertiary provision - growth in coverage must be accompanied by quality, relevance and equitable access. The Colombian system of propaedeutic cycles is a good step towards allowing students to progress up through the tertiary levels. Colombian tertiary institutions have considerable autonomy, which is valuable in many ways though limiting in others.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	OECD, World Bank
Format:	Book biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Paris: OECD Publishing 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC EDUCATION, ACADEMIC STAFF, ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, ACCREDITATION, ACCREDITATION SYSTEM, ACHIEVEMENTS, ADVANCED DEGREES, AGE COHORT, AGE GROUP, ARMED CONFLICT, BASIC NEEDS, BIOLOGY, BRAIN DRAIN, CALL, CAREER, CAREERS, CHEMISTRY, COLLEGES, COMPULSORY EDUCATION, CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DISCIPLINES, DOCTORAL DEGREES, DROP-OUTS, DROPOUT RATES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC STATUS, EDUCATION ATTAINMENT, EDUCATION DIVISION, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STUDENTS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, EMPLOYMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION, EXPANSION OF ENROLMENT, FACULTY MOBILITY, FIRST GRADE, FOREIGN LANGUAGES, FORMAL EDUCATION, GENDER GAP, GENDER INEQUALITY, GIRLS, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, GRADUATE LEVEL, GROSS ENROLMENT, GROSS ENROLMENT RATE, GROSS ENROLMENT RATES, HIGH DROPOUT, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY, HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN SCIENCES, ILLITERACY, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, LABOUR MARKET, LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, MINIMUM QUALITY REQUIREMENTS, NATIONAL ACCREDITATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL GOALS, NATIONAL POLICIES, NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK, NATURAL SCIENCES, NET ENROLMENT, NET ENROLMENT RATE, NET ENROLMENT RATES, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, OFFICIAL SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PER CAPITA INCOME, PHYSICS, POLITICAL CONTEXT, POST SECONDARY EDUCATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY ENROLMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PRIVATE TERTIARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEGREE, PROFICIENCY, PUBLIC FUNDING, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUPILS, QUALITY ACCREDITATION, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY STANDARDS, RATE OF ILLITERACY, READING, READING SCORES, RECENT PROGRESS, REPETITION, RESEARCH CAPACITY, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, SCHOOL YEAR, SCHOOL YEARS, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE EDUCATION, SCIENCE STUDY, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SCIENTISTS, SECOND LANGUAGE, SECONDARY LEVEL, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SHOW HOW, SOCIAL MOBILITY, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL STUDIES, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT FINANCE, STUDENT FINANCIAL AID, STUDENT LOAN, STUDENT LOAN INSTITUTION, STUDENT LOANS, STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT PLACES, STUDENT SCORES, STUDENT SUPPORT, SUBJECT AREAS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEACHING MATERIALS, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TEI, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTION, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS, TERTIARY INSTITUTION, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY LEVEL, TERTIARY SECTOR, TERTIARY STUDENTS, TERTIARY SYSTEM, TRAINING CENTRES, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, UNDERGRADUATES, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEQUAL ACCESS, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY DEGREES, UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT, URBAN AREAS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WORKERS, YOUNG PEOPLE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/571691468018591760/Tertiary-education-in-Colombia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27434
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