Situación y evolución de la acreditación del profesorado universitario en España

Abstract

The major legislative changes undertaken by the Spanish University Ordination Act in2001 have sharply changed the guidelines of accreditation and promotion foruniversity teachers. The period 2001-2012 was marked by different economic andsocial contexts in Spanish universities, as well as by these new teacher evaluationsystems coming into force. The period of economic growth until 2007 and thesubsequent crisis that continues today have set boundary conditions that directlyaffect the structure of teaching staff in university faculties. This situation has createda problem that combines short-term phenomena such as the economic situation withlong-term ones such as the teacher’s accreditation process. This paper presents the statistical evolution of teachers in Spain (associate, full professor, contracted, etc.)and the repercussions of accreditation systems in the teaching profession