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This paper analyzes the articulation of the three substantive axes of the university: teaching-research-linking, from the social responsibility approach to contribute to the economic development of the territories. It describes the methodological proposal of six stages and 23 activities for the collection of socio-economic information of vulnerable sectors involving teachers, students and local actors, with the objective of generating projects with a high social impact based on territorial diagnosis. The proposal was applied and validated in the Las Gilces commune of the city of Portoviejo and San Juan site of the city of Manta, Ecuador. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, training highly qualified professionals poses a challenge to higher education institutions worldwide, with it being expensive and demanding a great deal of effort. This paper examines research, teaching, and training activities performed in Latin American higher education institutions in order to assess their efficiency. Major problems faced by these institutions to train highly qualified professionals are shown. They are associated with local circumstances and external influence, among others. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the experience gained by the teaching staff in successfully guiding students' scientific research work is shown. Theories on how to provide this guidance, and how students' work is planned by the teaching staff, are presented. This planning ranges in time from the conception of the work to be carried out by students to their graduation. The teaching staff provided this guidance to students in Mathematics and Physics during several academic years, and it can be given to students in other exact sciences. The guidance can be also provided to students who take the courses being part of the new "E" curriculum. The results show that students were very satisfied, and that their pieces of research were of excellent quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]