Historical event of the university extension in Colombia

Abstract

University extension in Colombia, as in many Latin American countries, has gone through various moments and approaches, it has been reduced to courses, diplomas and workshops, sometimes paid extension has been privileged over social or solidarity extension, but it has also been a  reference at other times and scenarios for countries that are just beginning their processes, however, to understand these dynamics it is necessary to start from a brief historical recount around the university models in Colombia and with it, review the regulations and gradual growth of the substantive function. In this way, the present text addresses at first the 7 great models of the Colombian university, passing through the colonial type to the modern style, and with it the text gives way to a second moment in which the different milestones, events, and events are  presented chronologically and regulations that have led today to conceive extension as that function of interaction and integration with the communities that is possible to carry out through 9 typologies or modalities. Finally, the writing concludes with some challenges to face as a country in favor of a hierarchization of the function, a "redefinition" of it and the updating of national regulations according to the current  dynamics of higher education institutions.