Towards innovative management of the substantive functions of the Metropolitan University of Ecuador

Abstract

At the Metropolitan University of Ecuador, the evolution of quality standards shows a satisfactory balance. While different evaluation models have been applied, overall performance shows a higher result in 2019 compared to 2013. The changing context of higher education and its marked tendencies suggest that regardless of the success in the management carried out, it will be required to manage in a different way in the current academic cycles and those to come. The research was carried out during the process of building institutional strategic planning for the period 2020 – 2025. The results reveal the relevance of these trends in the field of action of the University and the need for a social projection resulting from the articulation of substantive functions. Based on the complementarity and synergy of an innovative academic offer, developed on the basis of educational technologies aimed at generating active learning spaces and implementing combined learning designs, promoting modular and disaggregated degrees, in the context of a culture of institutional and interactive innovation with the social needs of their intervention scenarios.