THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN HONDURAS

Abstract

The University, according to its missionary aims, is the first institution on which the responsibility of knowledge management, scientific production and technology transfer falls to respond to the demands of modern societies. (IIEP-UNESCO, 2011).

This article communicates the results and the main findings of the doctoral thesis Institutionalization of the Quality Assurance System in Higher Education of Honduras, as a contribution to the management of Sustainable Human Development from a Higher Education of Quality, showing from a socio-educational perspective the complex dynamics of the management of the quality of higher education. Based on the theoretical considerations presented, a proposal is made to analyse the interrelationship between Higher Education, Quality and Sustainable Human Development, establishing a virtuous circle that supports the institutionalization of a quality assurance system for education.

The purpose of the research is to assess the feasibility and relevance of the institutionalization of a Higher Education Quality Assurance System in Honduras contributing to its Sustainable Human Development.
The results reveal an uneven progress in terms of the stages of maturity of the institutionalization of the quality assurance system of higher education in the country, showing the inexistence of a common imaginary regarding the quality of higher education, its management and its contribution to Sustainable Human Development, revealing the need to develop strategies for the implementation of the Quality Assurance System for quality assurance of higher education in the country, strengthening it as a fundamental axis for Sustainable Human Development.