Accreditation of Higher Education in Costa Rica: status of the Dentistry career

Higher education is one of the pillars of society, it guarantees a prosperous and competitive socioeconomic system. A university institution with high quality in its programs will achieve in the best way its mission to transform society. Accreditation is the process by a university degree certifies...

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Autor: Gutiérrez-Marín, Natalia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/3027
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/revistacalidad/article/view/3027
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:higher education
accreditation
dentistry
university
educación superior
acreditación
odontología
universidad
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Resumo:Higher education is one of the pillars of society, it guarantees a prosperous and competitive socioeconomic system. A university institution with high quality in its programs will achieve in the best way its mission to transform society. Accreditation is the process by a university degree certifies the quality of the education it provides. In Costa Rica, the Sistema Nacional de Acreditación de la Educación Superior (SINAES) is the entity in charge of accreditations and within its registries, three Dentistry Faculties have this recognition: at a public level, the Universidad de Costa Rica and at a private level the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica and the Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología.