Contract Faculty by Category and Gender Across Multiple Academic Periods

Contract faculty data categorized by gender, academic training, and contract type for multiple periods, sourced from datos.gov.co. The dataset includes columns such as Tipo de Vinculacion, Genero, Formacion_Academica, VIGENCIA, Dependencia/Programa, Categorias, Dedicacion, and FACULTAD. It was last updated on 2026-05-18 17:30:00.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender distribution across academic units using the Genero and FACULTAD columns.
• Model contract type (Tipo de Vinculacion) based on academic training (Formacion_Academica) and dedication (Dedicacion).
• Track changes in faculty categories (Categorias) over different academic periods (VIGENCIA).
• Profile faculty demographics and qualifications by department (Dependencia/Programa) and academic rank (Categorias).

Strengths

• Data is structured with 8 distinct columns covering contract, demographic, and academic attributes.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.
• Covers multiple time periods (VIGENCIA), allowing for temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

www.datos.gov.co

Time Range

Multiple periods (implied by VIGENCIA column)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:30:00.

Geography

Likely Colombia (inferred from source domain .gov.co)