Reform in El Salvador

Harrington, James

doi:10.6017/ihe.2001.25.6954

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“…Other developing countries have applied strict enforcement for their accreditation and regulation processes. For instance, in 1998, the Ministry of Education in El Salvador closed 11 universities that did not meet the standards of the accreditation system established in 1995 (Harrington, 2001). Similarly, during the 90s and early 2000s, several HEIs were closed in Chile due to noncompliance with the minimum required standards required by the accreditation agency (Espinoza and González, 2013).…”

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Impact of government evaluation and accreditation processes on the research output of universities in developing countries: an X-ray of the young Ecuadorian academia

Gutiérrez

Yaguarema²,

Ayala³

et al. 2023

Front. Educ.

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Ecuador is a unique case study, where strict evaluation and accreditation processes have been recently established (i.e., early-2010s) mainly based on the experience of their peers and that of developed countries. Interestingly, the development of quality assurance indicators for research output received special attention. The current study systematically explored the research output of the Ecuadorian higher education institutions (HEIs) after only one decade of being subjected to multiple rigorous evaluation and accreditation processes. Peer-reviewed documents in the Scopus Database from 2006 to 2021 were statistically analyzed in terms of the number of documents produced (i.e., books, book chapters, journals, and conference proceedings), citations, H-index, quartiles, and impact factors (i.e., SRJ, SNIP, and Cite Score), at both country and single-university levels. The influence of the multiple evaluation processes and external factors (e.g., relaxation of regulations, COVID) on the research output trends were comprehensively and chronologically discussed. Accordingly, a statistical answer to the following research questions was attempted: where is the Ecuadorian research output currently standing after these evaluation and accreditation measures? Furthermore, where is it heading? This investigation would assist in creating and adjusting policies targeting sustainable research in HEIs in Ecuador and other countries in similar early research development.

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