Installed capacity, a factor for the optimization of time and resources in institutions of higher education

 

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Autores: Dillon Pérez, Francisco Xavier, Espinosa Fuentes, Diana Estefanía, Dillon Pérez, Juan Esteban, Espinosa Fuentes, Paola Andrea
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Descripción:Measuring the installed capacity of a higher education institution is a complex challenge due to the lack of clear methodologies and research in this area, which makes it difficult to assign and use the academic spaces defined almost always according to the number of students enrolled. The objective of the research was to review the application methodology to determine the installed capacity, and the possibility of using or applying (totally or partially) its calculation methodology in a context different from that taken as a reference. The results obtained allowed to establish the partial application of this methodology, this due to the academic structure (understood as the organization and definition of class hours, without taking as reference the structure of credits) under which the institution of higher education taken as an example in this investigation is found. In conclusion, it is mentioned that the calculation of the installed capacity should relate the use of the university spaces with the number of students enrolled by career, program and course; In addition, this combined with the allocation of teaching class hours, would allow to optimize: time, spaces and resources not only academic but also human.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/39272
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/wimblu/article/view/39272
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Installed capacity
academic structure
methodology
strategic planning
Capacidad instalada
estructura académica
metodología
planificación estratégica