La metaevaluación como proceso de innovación para la gestión universitaria

Abstract

Within the framework of the Institutional Quality Assurance System, the Universidad Santo Tomás – USTA – implemented in 2014 its Self-Assessment Model, from which results are derived such as multicampus institutional accreditation, national accreditation of 23 undergraduates and 3 master's degrees, international accreditation with ARCUSUR of 2 undergraduates (Architecture of the Sectional Bucaramanga and Engineering of Electronics of the Bogotá Main Headquarters) , and the international certification with CACSLA of the Accounting Program of the Bogotá Headquarters. In 2019, the USTA considered it important to make a meta-assessment process (the evaluation of the model of institutional self-assessment and academic programs), in order to make the necessary adjustments for the qualification of the process, from internal and external needs, including the new regulations issued by the Ministry of National Education through Decree 1330 of 2019 and Agreement 02 of the CESU of 2020. In this context, the following addresses the conceptual and theoretical foundations from which the USTA conceives self-assessment and meta-assessment as necessary strategies inherent in the transformation and improvement of management, and in turn, promote the fulfillment of the promise of quality declared before the State, society, community and enterprise. Likewise, institutional experience is presented in the face of the design of the metaassessment process, its development and results.