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    Acreditaci贸n de programas en la Universidad de Puerto Rico: An谩lisis de las pol铆ticas para evidenciar un proceso de cambio exitoso, 2003-2014

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    A first-rate university should demonstrate the excellence and quality of its programs, including how they meet continuous and complex changes in areas such as technological advances, demographic changes, fiscal policies, and new contents in the academic offerings. In 2003, the University of Puerto Rico initiated a process to establish a culture of external scrutiny and evaluation of its programs to ensure that they could respond to the challenge of working with these complex topics. As part of said process, it required that all the programs with voluntary accreditation should be accredited. The project was a success, and 84 percent of those programs were accredited by the corresponding agencies. Taking as reference the model by John P. Kotter, a research specialist on large-scale transformation and change, this article describes the different stages that the programs went through to ensure accreditation. At the same time, it also confirms that the Kotter model is applicable to higher education. C贸mo citar: Freytes-Gonz谩lez, C. E., & Figueras-脕lvarez, C. (2017). Program accreditation at the University of Puerto Rico: Policy analysis to evidence a successful process of change, 2003-2014. Cuaderno de Investigaci贸n en la Educaci贸n, 32, 126-173. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/educacion/article/view/16511Una universidad de primera debe demostrar la excelencia y calidad de sus programas, incluyendo c贸mo estos atienden cambios continuos y complejos, entre ellos, los adelantos tecnol贸gicos, los cambios demogr谩ficos, pol铆ticas fiscales y los nuevos contenidos en la oferta acad茅mica. En 2003, la Universidad de Puerto Rico inici贸 un proceso para establecer una cultura de evaluaci贸n y escrutinio externo que asegurara que sus programas sean de excelencia y capaces de enfrentar estos desaf铆os. Para ello, requiri贸 la acreditaci贸n de todos los programas de acreditaci贸n voluntaria. El proyecto fue muy exitoso, y el 84 porciento de esos programas se acreditaron por las agencias correspondientes. Tomando como referencia el modelo de John P. Kotter, especialista en investigaciones sobre las transformaciones y cambios en ambientes a grandes escalas, este trabajo describe las etapas de los programas para acreditarse. Adem谩s, confirma que el modelo de Kotter es tambi茅n aplicable a la educaci贸n superior. How to cite: Freytes-Gonz谩lez, C. E., & Figueras-脕lvarez, C. (2017). Program accreditation at the University of Puerto Rico: Policy analysis to evidence a successful process of change, 2003-2014. Cuaderno de Investigaci贸n en la Educaci贸n, 32, 126-173. Retrieved from https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/educacion/article/view/1651
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