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 bo...

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Main Authors: OECD, World Bank
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Language:English
en_US
Published: Paris: OECD Publishing 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/571691468018591760/Tertiary-education-in-Colombia
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
OECD
World Bank
Tertiary Education in Colombia
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
relation Reviews of National Policies for Education;
description 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.
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World Bank
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title Tertiary Education in Colombia
title_short Tertiary Education in Colombia
title_full Tertiary Education in Colombia
title_fullStr Tertiary Education in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Tertiary Education in Colombia
title_sort tertiary education in colombia
publisher Paris: OECD Publishing
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/571691468018591760/Tertiary-education-in-Colombia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27434
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spelling okr-10986-274342021-04-23T14:04:40Z Tertiary Education in Colombia OECD World Bank 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 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. 2017-06-28T14:25:49Z 2017-06-28T14:25:49Z 2012 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/571691468018591760/Tertiary-education-in-Colombia 978-92-64-18069-7 1990-0198 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27434 English en_US Reviews of National Policies for Education; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo OECD and World Bank Paris: OECD Publishing Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia