PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEVELOP AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM: COSTA RICA UNED’S EXPERIENCE
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https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.2.2.2079Keywords:
distance education university, student’s skills in a business program, evaluation model of academic program, new education’s ways in the societyAbstract
This is a moment for big changes. The end of XX Century society is under extreme pressures to adapt itself to the new rules of Postmodernist Era. In the middle of this storm, we find universities trying to understand, analyze and take new ways in this new society. Although, superior education institutions haven't been prepared for facing those challenges, they should be in way to them by evaluating their system and adapting to the new circumstances. The present article offers a model that permit, in a short period of time, to execute changes in an academic program. Specifically, it is the result of a research being carried out for a business program of a distance education university. It focus at the importance of evaluating academic programs because those represent the final result of a university effort, they are the specific instruments universities have to meet their changes, to meet their quality standards and to offer students all the best that have been planed.Downloads
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