TY - CHAP
T1 - Design, implementation and efficiency analysis of the special degree unit as an alternative for the graduated students’ degree: UPS case
AU - Arcos-Argudo, Miguel
AU - Pesántez-Avilés, Fernando
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The little effectiveness of the degree systems in higher education is not an isolated problem in the long list of the university tasks, to be better understood, it has to be referenced to complementary processes, such as the access and the permanence into the system. To favor students get their degrees, in Ecuador, the Higher Education Committee, promoted in 2013 the implementation of Special Degree Units in each institution of higher education (IES). In this article, we share and demonstrate the experience of the Salesian Polytechnic University regarding the implementation of its Special Degree Unit (SDU). It has allowed young “university students with no degree” to get it as professionals. It is concluded that the 80% of the students who, according to the regulations, could be embraced into this Unit, got their degree, through a more effective instrument, which was the Degree Completion Exam.
AB - The little effectiveness of the degree systems in higher education is not an isolated problem in the long list of the university tasks, to be better understood, it has to be referenced to complementary processes, such as the access and the permanence into the system. To favor students get their degrees, in Ecuador, the Higher Education Committee, promoted in 2013 the implementation of Special Degree Units in each institution of higher education (IES). In this article, we share and demonstrate the experience of the Salesian Polytechnic University regarding the implementation of its Special Degree Unit (SDU). It has allowed young “university students with no degree” to get it as professionals. It is concluded that the 80% of the students who, according to the regulations, could be embraced into this Unit, got their degree, through a more effective instrument, which was the Degree Completion Exam.
KW - Completion exam
KW - Professional degree
KW - Special Degree Unit
KW - Thesis work
KW - Under graduate students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049646669&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/design-implementation-efficiency-analysis-special-degree-unit-alternative-graduated-students-degree
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-93882-0_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-93882-0_8
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319938813
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 76
EP - 83
BT - Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2018
A2 - Polak-Sopinska, Aleksandra
A2 - Nazir, Salman
A2 - Teperi, Anna-Maria
T2 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Y2 - 1 January 2015
ER -