La Asociación Dominicana Para el Autoestudio y la Acreditación (ADAAC) La Secretaria de Estado de Educación Superior, Ciencia, y Tecnología (SEESCYT) Background The Dominican Republic’s institutions of higher education are accredited by the Dominican Association for Self-Evaluation and Accreditation (ADAAC). Established by national law and…
Junta Nacional de Acreditación (JAN) Background In 1976, the Cuban government opened 26 new institutions of higher education and created the Ministry of Higher Education, an administrative body charged with overseeing all of the nation’s tertiary institutions. The development of Cuban higher education had traditionally…
In this month’s edition of World Education News and Reviews, we continue our review of accreditation procedures across Latin America and the Caribbean with a look at developments in Panamá and Nicaragua. These two Central American nations are both slowly entering the discourse on quality…
Consejo Nacional de Universidades (CNU) Sistema Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Background In 1990, the Nicaraguan government passed Law 89 granting academic, financial, and administrative autonomy to the nation’s institutions of higher education. The law also established the National University Council (CNU) as the official…
Universidad de Panamá (UP) Background Under article 95 of the Panamanian Constitution and articles 1 and 13 of Law 11 of 1981, the Academic Council of the University of Panamá is designated as the national body overseeing the process of fiscalización , or approval and…