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The Higher Education Quality Improvement Program (Program MECESUP)〔http://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/publications/revistaonline/fall-2012/mecesup-program-chile〕 is part of the efforts of the Government of Chile to support the transition from its current economy to one based on knowledge, increasing the equity and the effectiveness of its system of tertiary education. The objectives of the Program is to provide the necessary skills to improve the quality of the educational institutions and of the system of higher education, increasing its international competitiveness, sustaining social and economic development, and ensuring that no talent is lost because of differences in learning opportunities. Specifically, the Program MECESUP - belonging to the Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education- gives incremental financing to projects and plans to improve institutional quality awarded by competitive means and/or negotiated through the Academic Innovation Fund (FIAC) and the Performance-Based Agreements (PBA). Since its inception and until April 2013, the Program MECESUP has been led by Dr. Ricardo Reich. Since its implementation in 1999, MECESUP has counted with the support of the World Bank (Loans 4404-CH No. 7317-CH and 8126-CL), has assigned 816 projects FIAC, 4 pilot PBA, 6 PBA in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences and 34 PBA in a recent scaling-up; and resources for approximately US$ 720 million. == History == In 1998, the Government of Chile agreed with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, 4404-CH) the design and implementation of an ambitious program to improve the quality of higher education, which was baptized with the acronym MECESUP. In full expansion of college tuition, the program has funded actions of academic improvement and infrastructure in the 25 universities of the Council of Rectors of Chilean universities (CRUCH), contributing to a significant increase in equity in the access to quality of students throughout the country. The program initially considered a capacity-building component, the experimental design and implementation of a process of voluntary accreditation of institutions and programs, and the creation of a Competitive Fund, which replaced the old Institutional Development Fund (with historical allocation). The committed investment for 5 years was US$ 245 million, with an average annual budget of US$ 50 million. Eligible expenses considered the development of academic staff and advanced training; the modernisation of libraries and generation of study areas for students; the management of information and knowledge; the integration of information and communication technologies to the teaching-learning processes; new laboratory equipment; modern classrooms and use of multimedia, as well as fellowships for doctoral programs and research. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Program Mecesup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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