Centros de investigación universitarios: Una orientación hacia la ecología del desarrollo humano Resumen

Abstract

The University Research Centers and the ecology of human development, generate knowledge and contribution of solutions to academic and social problems, motivated by the various problems, generating the need to be studied. This research aims to highlight the characteristics of the Research Centers of the Universidad de Los Andes, through a low methodology with a quantitative approach, non-experimental field design, descriptive scope and a census and directed sample. Applying a Likert scale questionnaire, to Directors of 18 Centers. The contribution: the identification of the main characteristics of the Research Centers and the interaction with the ecology of human development. Final reflections: knowing these characteristics allows us to visualize the development of strategic objectives, strengthening their capacity to provide an intellectual contribution to the Universities from their own essence.