ResumenLas universidades se constituyen en organizaciones complejas compuestas por estructuras semiautónomas y por un profesorado aun más autónomo. La tradición y las normas dirigen las actividades hacia la homogeneidad. Así y todo, la mayoría de administradores, profesores y alumnos gozan de un gran margen de libertad para desarrollar su trabajo. Vincent
Assessing the Quality of a University-Particularly its Teaching
Robert E. StakeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana -Champaign (United States)
María Isabel Arbesú GarcíaUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco (México)
Gloria Contreras PérezPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)
AbstractUniversities are complex organizations, made up of semi-autonomous sectors and even more autonomous faculty members. Tradition and rules push activities toward homogeneity. Still, most administrators, staffs and students enjoy a grand leeway in which to work. Vincent Tinto (1995) noted that it would be difficult to find a single academic culture but, different
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