%0 Journal Article %T THE ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IN ACCORDANCE TO THE PRESENT-DAY TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE HIGHER CUBAN EDUCATION / EL LIDERAZGO ACAD¨¦MICO DEL PROFESOR UNIVERSITARIO ANTE LAS ACTUALES TRANSFORMACIONES EN LA EDUCACI¨®N %A Georgina Marcia Soto Senra %J Didasc@lia : Did¨˘ctica y Educaci¨®n %D 2011 %I Universidad de Las Tunas & Universidad de Ciencias Pedag¨®gicas de Granma %X The phenomena of present-day dynamite the development of societies; which cannot exist at the edge of technical and scientific advances. This revolute the continuous scientific task, in a complex world of social relations, where many people have taken as paradigm, the construction of a better world, more fare and well balanced. The Cuban education is based more than ever in this paradigm. The education, as a fundamental way to socialize the subject, goes through different levels up to a moment of preparation to fulfill from the professional point of view, a social determined commission. One of the indicators of quality for the university measurement is constituted by its professors. Their function in their teaching activity is determined in a great extent by the leadership that plays within the formative process of the learners. Hence, the general objective of this investigation is: to value the role of the university professors in accordance to the present-day transformations in the Cuban higher education. %K academic leadership %K higher education %K university professo %K %K liderazgo acad¨¦mico %K educaci¨®n superior %K profesor universitario %U http://revistas.ojs.es/index.php/didascalia/article/download/373/381