Latin America's Need for Regional Research Centers

1967 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Felipe Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Regional Research ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
American University ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University ◽  
Powerful Incentive

The degree conferred upon me by the University of America with the concurrence of the 24 universities of the Republic of Colombia is a powerful incentive to the work of the Inter-American Development Bank in the field of higher education and research in Latin America. You will forgive me, then, if I take this occasion to mention the role of the Inter-American Bank as the “Bank of the Latin American University,” a role which has placed it in the vanguard of an impressive process of international cooperation for the modernization and decisive expansion of higher education in the Hemisphere. The $55 million it has loaned to 71 institutions in 17 countries bear eloquent testimony to an abiding preoccupation of the Bank in its brief years of existence.

Leadership Training in Latin America

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Alice B. Lentz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Leadership Training ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Enterprise Growth ◽  
The University ◽  
Latin American Countries

Alice Lentz offers a brief view of the role of the Americas Fund for Independent Universities (AFIU) in relation to significant initiatives in various Latin American countries. In a region where the function and development of private higher education institutions is especially important, the focus of the AFIU's activities is on private universities' ability to provide trained business leaders with the skills necessary to meet the challenges of enterprise growth in these developing economies. She mentions in particular the strengthening of financing capabilities within the university, and the evolution of three-way partnerships among business corporations, AFIU, and universities in Latin America.

scholarly journals Is There a Latin American University Model?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Research Universities ◽  
Normative Influence ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
The University ◽  
Idea Of The University

Postindependence Latin American universities developed during the 19th and most of the 20th century largely under the normative influence of a Latin American idea of the university institution. In the last few decades, factors both related to the development of higher education and external to it have combined to challenge the clout of that model. As a result, notwithstanding the persistence of elements of the old paradigm, the model of the Latin American university is now related chiefly to US research universities.

scholarly journals Political Institutions and the Policymaking Process in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian M. Saiegh
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Electoral Rules ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Institutional Rules ◽  
Development Organizations

The systematic study of how institutional rules and political practices influence the capacity of Latin American governments to adopt public policies is of relatively recent vintage. For decades, the fleeting and unstable democratic experiences in the region obfuscated the role of politics in the policymaking process. Policy analysis was more often than not motivated by the question of what governments should do rather what governments could do. With the restoration of democracy in Latin America in the 1980s, the view that a given set of “optimal policies” should or could be implemented against all political odds became untenable. In the ensuing decade, as the economic reforms inspired by the “Washington Consensus” swept the region, a growing concern with the timing, sequencing, and implementation of public policies materialized among both scholars and policymakers. This approach, however, proved insufficient to fully understand the political feasibility, but also the actual process by which public policies are discussed, approved, and implemented in the region. In the 2000s, a comprehensive, soul-searching research agenda about the politics of policies was launched by the leading development organizations, most notably, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Since then, a voluminous literature studying how different constitutional structures, legislative institutions, electoral rules, bureaucracies, partisan organizations, and Interest Groups influence public policies in Latin America has emerged. The following bibliography identifies some general topics, as well as several sources to consult within each topic, for those readers interested in how politics shape policies in Latin America

scholarly journals Perspectivas e desafios para a Educação Superior na América Latina e o Caribe: Entrevista com Roberto Leher, Reitor da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, com comentários de Mário Luiz de Azevedo, da Universidade Estadual de Maringá

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Fernanda Geremias Leal ◽  
Roberto Leher ◽  
Mário Luiz Luiz Neves De Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Public University ◽  
Regional Conference ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The University

An interview with Professor Roberto Leher, Rector of the largest federal public university in Brazil, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), on the situation of higher education in the country and in Latin America and the Caribbean. The interview addresses the preparation of Asociación de Universidades Grupo Montevideo (AUGM), created in 1990 and composed by 35 public universities from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, for the III Regional Conference for Higher Education (CRES), held in Cordoba, Argentina, in June 2018. The interview addresses, among other aspects, higher education as a public good and fundamental human social and individual right; the commodification of the sector in Latin America; the influence of international organizations in the directions of higher education around the world; the advances of science and the challenges in the development of the countries of the region; the importance of CRES for the future of the university, as well as the role of student participation and mobilization in this scenario. At the end of the interview, there is an analysis with comments made by Professor Mario Luiz Neves de Azevedo, researcher of the field in Brazil.

scholarly journals Universidad: del capital humano a un modelo de empresa en la educación superior

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Álvaro Acevedo Tarazona
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Business Unit ◽  
American University ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
Capital Humano ◽  
The University

Este artículo es una reflexión acerca del papel de la Universidad en la sociedad y sobre su cambiante configuración, hasta convertirse en una empresa. Al modelo universitario norteamericano, imperante durante los años sesenta y setenta, basado en la técnica y el conocimiento científico, lo está reemplazando un concepto neoliberal que ha hecho de la Educación Superior una unidad empresarial a partir de las lógicas del mercado. En este debate, la universidad se ha planteado desde dos orillas: en su función de empresa o de conocimiento, lo que lleva a preguntarse por los temas educativos de lo superior, sin resolución del continente, y por los enfoques locales y nacionales. ABSTRACTThis article is a reflection on the role of universities in society and their changing configuration into a business. The American university model, revailing in the sixties and seventies, based on the technical and scientific knowledge, is being replaced by a neoliberal concept that has made higher education a business unit from the logic of the market. In this debate, the university has been considered from two perspectives: on its role as a business or as an institution that promotes knowledge. The latter role has posed questions on higher educational issues and local and national approaches. RESUMOEste artigo é uma reflexão do papel da Universidade na sociedade e suas mudanças na configuración, até se tornar em uma empresa. O modelo da universidade norteamericana, prevalecente durante os anos sessenta e setenta, fundamentado na técnica e o conhecimento científico, o está substituindo um conceito neoliberal que fez da Educação Superior uma unidade empresarial partindo das lógicas do mercado. Neste debate, a universidade surgiu a partir de dois lados: em sua função de empresa ou de conhecimento, o que levanta a questão pelos temas educativos do superior, sem resolução do continente, e as abordagens locais e nacionais.

Quality Assessment of Higher Education in Latin American University

2020 ◽  
pp. 327-354
Author(s):  
Rafael Ignacio Pérez-Uribe ◽  
Gloria Sierra ◽  
Sandra Bibiana Clavijo-Olmos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Institutional Culture ◽  
American University ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Institutional Evaluation ◽  
The University

The purpose of the chapter is to present the experience of the evaluation based on competences, through an institutional evaluation program that verifies the quality of the training as a process of quality assurance and as part of the Quality Management System in a Latin American university. It will describe the academic process called Assessment Center that designs, manages, and implements the program of undergraduate and postgraduate evaluation in face-to-face and virtual modality, and that has an objective to develop the project of Evaluation in Higher Education by Competences based on the Pedagogical Model of the College. Finally, this chapter aims to demonstrate from an experience in higher education the importance of quality as an integral part of the institutional culture of a Latin American university, as well as the collective and individual intentionality of the educational communities, in such a way that it is reflected in the processes and tasks that are carried out in the university institutions.

Higher Education in Latin America

Education ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emeline Jerez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Student Movements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Demands ◽  
Policy Priority ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

Higher education in Latin America is diverse, but the national systems share several historical, sociopolitical, and cultural factors. The origins of Latin American higher education can be traced back to the 16th century, when the Spanish Empire established the first universities. Based on the colony tradition, the university institution evolved for many years and was reserved for an elite. During the 20th century, student movements forced the democratization of the institutions. However, the most significant transformation has occurred since the 1990s through processes of expansion, massification, and privatization. Led by a predominantly neoliberal higher education agenda, these processes have had different levels of impact that are contingent on the governing ideologies in the various countries. Since the expansion, several issues have drawn the attention of policymakers and scholars, including equity, access, quality, and funding. Some of these issues remain a policy priority, but the future demands more attention to a new generation of tasks. Among them are internationalization, regional and intraregional integration, and knowledge production and its dissemination in the context of the social needs of the region.

Problems of Innovation in Higher Education: The University of Brasília, 1961-1964

1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-431
Author(s):  
Charles O'Neil
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
University Students ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
State Governments ◽  
The University ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education

In the literature on Latin America, any increase in the number of people attending schools is usually considered economically and socially beneficial and a sign of progress. Any increase in the population attending universities is viewed as an especially important change and bound to help economic development. Rarely will any person or group argue that an increase in the number of university students is a drag on the economy and socially pernicious.Yet this is precisely the position taken by a small group within Brazil's Ministério de Educação e Cultura (MEC). Playing the role of a loyal but disgusted opposition, the Instituto Nacional de Estudes Pedagógicos (INEP) continuously attacked the educational policies of the federal and state governments during the 1950s, especially those relating to higher education.

scholarly journals Nadanie tytułu naukowego profesora. Kilka refleksji na tle regulacji zawartych w ustawie Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym i nauce

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-157
Author(s):  
Magdalena Sieniuć ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Scientific Excellence ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The University

The Law on Higher Education and Science of 20 July 2018, entered into force on 1 October 2018, introduced changes concerning the prerequisites for the acquisition of the academic title of professor and the procedure for awarding it. The stage of proceedings before the board of an organisational unit (e.g. Faculty Council) was also abandoned, which in fact led the procedure beyond the ‘walls of the university’ and limited it to the stage of proceedings before the Council of Scientific Excellence. The author considers selected issues relating to the Professor’s academic title, concerning the premise for awarding it, the course of the proceedings in this subject and the entities taking part in them, as well as the role played by the President of the Republic of Poland in these proceedings. As a result of the considerations conducted, the author assumed that the most far-reaching change was the legislator’s resignation from the stage of proceedings before the council of the entity from which the candidate for the title of professor had come from, assuming that the role of the President of the Republic of Poland in this process had not undergone any significant changes. He remains bound by the opinions of the reviewers appointed by the Council of Scientific Excellence and its position expressed in the administrative decision issued on the application for the academic title. In accordance with the viewpoint of the author, due to the resignation of the legislator from the stage of proceedings before an individual’s council, the opinions of the reviewers expressed in the justification of the Council of Scientific Excellence decision are now, in principle, the only emanation of the assessment of the scientific community expressed in this procedure.

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