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Characterization of Ecuadorian higher education in the context of national and Latin American scientific production

Abstract:

The study reflects particularities of Ecuadorian higher education based on the indicators: Flow of graduate students by level of training 2015 - 2020; flow of graduate students by field of knowledge in the period 2015 - 2020; scientific publications in the period 2009 - 2018; quality of scientific publications 1996-2020 and ranking of Ecuadorian Higher Education Institutions 2014-2018. The results obtained show that, in Ecuador, the number of third-level and third-level technical graduates registered a decrease of 32% and 20%, respectively; the third level of technology experienced a sustained rise of 13% and the fourth level had a final growth of 3%. Social sciences, business education and law is the discipline that concentrates the largest number of titles, while Generic Programs and certifications the least. The Ecuadorian scientific production registered in SCI and SCOPUS presents significant advances, as well as international collaboration. That Ecuadorian higher education institutions experience accelerated growth in their production, in relation to existing capacities with a growth rate of 46%. Private universities participate in 47% of the scientific production of HEIs and public universities in 60.5%. The province of Pichincha concentrates 45% of the country’s publishing capacity. The disciplines that contribute the most are: Computer Science with 25% of the total production and Medicine with 20% and Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 19%.