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SARMIENTO ESPINEL, JAIME ANDRÉS  e  SILVA ARIAS, ADRIANA CAROLINA. EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIST PROFESSIONALS IN COLOMBIA. Rev.fac.cienc.econ. [online]. 2014, vol.22, n.1, pp.231-262. ISSN 0121-6805.

The aim of this paper is to study education characteristics received by economics students in Colombia. To this end, an analysis of socio-economic conditions, preferences and development within the career was developed, as well as an institutional and academic framework from statistical analysis from a sample of 3.404 students considering 60 higher education institutions that offered economics program in the country in 2007. It was found that 57,04% were women, who were in average 24 years old, with parents who achieved educational levels and graduate school, household income between 2 and 3 minimum monthly wages, who studied mainly in private schools (calendar A), with main sources of funding such as family funds and loans, 36,35% of the sample work while they were studying, and spent 87 minutes per week for self-study per hour of class and accessed library resources three times per week on average. Additionally, there is no evidence of differences between classes and number of academic credits in accredited and non-accredited programs curriculum, but accredited institutions had a higher average of monitors, with more bibliographic and physical resources.

Palavras-chave : Quality in education; Academic performance; Higher Education; Training programs in economics; students of economics; Colombia.

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