Characteristics and puuposes of the quality assurance systems of Ecuador and Argentina: A comparative Education Study

Abstract

At present, quality assurance in higher education institutions has become a strategic axis of both administrative and academic tasks of universities, not only for compliance with legal requirements but also for satisfying society’s requirements for quality. in the planning, execution and results of the development of its substantive axes: teaching, research and links with society (extension). The evaluation, accreditation and quality assurance systems are constantly evolving due to the dynamism of knowledge, the modernization of management models, the vertiginous increase in the number of applicants and students accessing higher education, leading to a turning point in the educational offer, which has caused a greater social requirement to improve and ensure the quality of the universities, and therefore of their undergraduate and postgraduate academic offer (González, 2005). This article aims to contrast the quality assurance systems between two Latin American countries: Argentina and Ecuador, based on the methodology of comparative education, allowing to show through an analysis the characteristics, advantages, disadvantages and evolution of the accreditation processes. and quality assurance between
Ecuador and Argentina; also highlighting the objectives, policies and results of each of them