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ORTEGA HURTADO, José Olmedo. Accreditation and Curricular Flexibility. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.15, pp.445-473. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v8i15.306.

The objective of this article is to examine the impact of the accreditation policies of academic programs of Higher Education in Colombia in the improvement of the curricular flexibility.To do this, in the first place, it proposes and develops a curricular semiotic model that, through specific categories, enables the description of such impact; second, it details the methodological route; third, presents the results of the application of the analysis model in a case study, the Anthropology program of the University of Cauca, Colombia; Fourthly, he discusses the results; and fifth, it sets out the conclusions and recommendations of the study. Surveys were applied to 110 students, 11 teachers and 6 managers. Once the statistical processing of the data has been carried out and the analysis and interpretation of the data has been carried out, it is possible to show that the impact is met in high degree, with 88 over 100 points, and with a satisfactory impact equivalence.

Palabras llave : accreditation; curricular flexibility; selection; organization; distribution.

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