La transparencia de las Universidades en Colombia en Internet

Abstract

The present article seeks to estimate and compare the level of transparency presented by Colombian universities in 2015, after the
publication of Law 1712/2014 (March 2014) on transparency and right of access to information in Colombia. The study analyzed a
total of 84 public and private universities listed on the National System of Higher Education and accredited by the Ministry of National Education of Colombia in May 2015. The study applied an instrument was developed by the group Tra.Bu.Com of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in accordance to the legal norm in force in this country. The instrument is composed of 75 structured questions in two mains parts: the measurement of formal transparency, and measurement of the substantive transparency of web pages of these institutions, among other aspects.The data presented in this paper show that, although acceptable levels are observed at the formal level, the greatest weakness observed was at a substantive level, with a higher level of general transparency in public universities.