This article aims to examine how Cuban higher education has implemented and created frameworks for key performance indicators (KPIs) to enhance its higher education accountability and quality. Referring to the past 15 years of available data on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s website (2005–2020), this study shows that Cuba’s higher education system has improved, as indicated by the increasing rate of the gross graduation ratio (both sexes) as well as national and inbound student mobility.
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Este manuscrito examinó como la educación superior cubana ha implementado y creado marcos de referencia de Indicadores de Ejecución Clave para mejorar su responsabilidad y calidad de educación superior. Refiriéndose a los últimos 15 años de información disponible en la red mundial (2005–2020) de la página de las Naciones Unidas sobre Enseñanza, Organizaciones Científicas y Culturales, este estudio demuestra que el sistema de educación superior ha mejorado, indicado por el incremento en la tasa de graduación bruta (ambos géneros) nacional, y de movilidad estudiantil interna
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