¿Quién le pone el cascabel al gato? Un análisis comparativo de las agencias de garantía de la calidad de la educación superior
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https://doi.org/10.5944/reec.37.2021.27880Palabras clave:
Educación Superior, Aseguramiento de la Calidad, AgenciasResumen
Las agencias de aseguramiento de la calidad de la educación superior se han expandido por todo el mundo en muy poco tiempo como un intento de profesionalizar la regulación pública de unos procesos de enorme complejidad de un sector caracterizado por una proverbial autonomía de las instituciones. Esta contribución presenta un análisis comparativo de las razones que han llevado a semejante expansión, así como de las convergencias y las divergencias que emergen globalmente. A pesar de las diferencias contextuales, en las que las distintas configuraciones de agencias operan, lo cierto es que existen unas problemáticas comunes que son prácticamente universales, entre las que se cuentan la cuestión de su independencia y su relativa incapacidad de rendir cuentas. La contribución arroja luz, finalmente, sobre las principales críticas que reciben y que tienen que ver, fundamentalmente, con el riesgo de la captura normativa por parte de las propias instituciones de educación superior a las que, en principio, debería regular.
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Francesc Pedró García, UNESCO
Actualmente es Director del Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (UNESCO IESALC). Anteriormente, ha liderado el servicio de asesoramiento en políticas educativas de la UNESCO. Trabajó también en el Centro de Investigación e Innovación Educativas (CERI) de la OCDE donde fue responsable de proyectos como Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) y New Millennium Learners Project. Doctor con una tesis sobre educación comparada en la UNED (Madrid). Estudios postdoctorales en Políticas Públicas Comparadas (Instituto de Educación de la Universidad de Londres). Catedrático de políticas comparadas de educación (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona). Ha sido Vicerrector de investigación educativa e innovación de la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Barcelona). Datos de contacto: E-mail: f.pedro@unesco.org
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