Design of a Research and Extension Strategic Plan for the School of Computing at TEC

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César Garita Rodríguez, Dr.
Mauricio Arroyo-Herrera
Manuel Enrique González-Espinoza

Abstract

Nowadays, computing programs in higher education face important challenges related to research and extension exercise, as part of the substantive activities of every university, including for example: the development of competencies by its employees, fundraising, and the creation of international collaborative networks. In order to respond to these challenges, it is essential for the schools or the academic divisions to have a strategic research and extension plan that contains the main goals, activities, and indicators to be fulfilled within a given period. This article describes in detail the methodology successfully applied by the Computing School of the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC), in the design of a five-year strategic plan for research and extension, in a relatively short time. This methodology involved  participatory and purposeful work,  through  well-defined stages and activities; it could be useful to take it as reference for other computer schools in Latin America.

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Garita-Rodríguez, C., Arroyo-Herrera, M., & González-Espinoza, M. E. (2021). Design of a Research and Extension Strategic Plan for the School of Computing at TEC. Tecnología En Marcha Journal, 34(1), Pág. 80–91. https://doi.org/10.18845/tm.v34i1.4732
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