Acquiring Higher Education Credentials at Home : Korean Student Return Migrants from Latin America

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 207-237
Author(s):  
Jin Suk Bae
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Korean Student ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
At Home

The Surge of e-learning during The 2020 Covid-19 Crisis: Threat or Promise? An Exploration and Conversation with a Professional in Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Carlos R. Rojas-Garcia ◽  
Arturo Ruiz-Luna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Education System ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
At Home

The obligation for students to stay at home and take distance education due to the quarantine has turned virtual learning or e-learning into the most promising tool for safe teaching. Distance education appears to be the answer for the democratization of higher education in Latin America to eradicate poverty and inequality in work and living opportunities, still has to be accomplished. The Covid-19 crisis has forced the world education system to embrace e-learning without be prepared but does this mean a threat or as promise? In this article we explore the question at a point when the pandemic is still raging and definite answers are not yet available, firstly be presenting a framework based on previous research on e-learning in Latin-America, followed by a conversation with an e-learning professional engaged in Africa.

Creation and validation of the Questionnaire on Attitudes towards Disability in Higher Education (QAD-HE) in Latin America

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Virginia Fuentes ◽  
Javier Pérez-Padilla ◽  
Yolanda de la Fuente ◽  
María Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America

Higher Education and the State in Latin America: Private Challenges to Public Dominance

1988 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 475
Author(s):  
Simon Schwartzman ◽  
Daniel C. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The State

Profile of Medical Education in Latin America

1971 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. García
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Human Resources Development ◽  
Health Manpower ◽  
American Schools ◽  
Pan American ◽  
Health Organization

Preliminary results of a study on medical education in Latin America carried out by the Department of Human Resources Development of the Pan American Health Organization are given in this article. Each of the Latin American schools of medicine existing at the end of 1967 and at the beginning of 1968 was visited by a researcher for approximately seven days. During this period specially prepared questionnaires were completed. An analysis of the data reveals the presence of three types of imbalances: (1) imbalance between the system of secondary education and that of medical education, (2) internal imbalance between the system of higher education and medical education, and (3) imbalance between the system of health services and that of medical education. The study of the data compiled may serve as a basis for the proposal of activities leading to harmonious development of the health manpower sector.

A critical approach to academic, community, and family literacies of first-generation college students in Latin America

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Lina M. Trigos-Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Latin America ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
First Generation College Students ◽  
Community Cultural Wealth ◽  
Cultural Wealth ◽  
The Social ◽  
First Generation College

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this study, I investigated the social practices related to reading and writing of first-generation college students and their families and communities in Latin America from a critical sociocultural perspective (Lewis, Enciso and Moje, 2007). This embedded multiple-case study was conducted in Mexico, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Using an ethnographic perspective of data collection (Bernard, 2011; Lillis and Scott, 2007) and the constant comparative method (Heath and Street, 2008), situational analysis (Clarke, 2005), and within and cross-case analysis (Yin, 2014), I analyzed specific literacy events (Heath, 1982) and literacy practices (Street, 2003) in social context. First, I argue that access to the academic discourse and culture is one of the main barriers first-generation college students faced, although they constructed strong social support systems and engaged in rich literacy practices that involved critical action and thinking. Second, I found that, in contrast to the common belief that socially and economically nonmainstream college students were deficient in literacy, these students and their families possessed a literacy capital and engaged in complex and varied literacy practices. Using their literacy capital, first-generation college students and their families and communities procured the preservation of cultural identity, resisted the effects of cultural globalization, served the role of literacy sponsors, and reacted critically to the sociopolitical context. These literacy practices constituted a community cultural wealth for the families and communities of first-generation college students. I argue that a positive approach towards first-generation college students' identities and their community cultural wealth is necessary in curriculum, instruction, and policy if universities are truly committed to provide access to higher education to students from diverse backgrounds. Finally, I investigated first-generation university women's gender identities, discourses, and roles as they navigated the social worlds of the public university and their local communities in Mexico, Colombia, and Costa Rica. While dominant discourses and roles associated with women reproduced the machismo culture in the region, these group of first-generation university women contested, challenged, and resisted those roles, discourses, and identities. From a Latin American feminist perspective, I argue that bonds of solidarity and communal relations are values that resist the negative effects of global capitalism in marginalized bodies. In particular, public universities, women's supporters, emancipatory discourses, and situated critical literacies played a critical role in improving gender equality in higher education in Latin America. This study contributes to a better understanding of the literacy practices in situated social contexts and informs the ways in which more equitable college instruction, policy, and practices can be developed and promoted.

scholarly journals Latin American Universities: Stuck in the Twentieth Century

2017 ◽  
pp. 26-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Knobel ◽  
Andrés Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Flagship Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities

The higher education sector in Latin America has fallen short of its promise of spearheading cultural, social, and economic progress for the region. As higher education changes to meet the challenges on the new century, the few flagship universities of Latin America are called upon to lead. However, these universities face both internal and external obstacles that hinder their full modernization, threatening their leadership.

scholarly journals Analysis of the cross-border mobility of students between China and Latin America in the context of higher education internationalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-38
Author(s):  
Yan Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Cross ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

En la actualidad, a medida que se van acelerando el desarrollo la economía y el conocimiento, la internacionalización de la educación superior llega a ser una tendencia común en el desarrollo de la educación, con la movilidad estudiantil internacional como indicador importante. En el periodo que comprende el inicio del siglo XXI hasta el brote de la epidemia de COVID-19, el flujo transfronterizo de estudiantes ha mostrado un importante desarrollo de escala y velocidad de crecimiento; y los intercambios humanísticos cada vez más estrechos entre China y América Latina están intensificando aún más la cooperación e interacción entre ambas partes en el ámbito de la educación superior. En la nueva era del desarrollo constructivo entre China y América Latina, sería de gran importancia estratégica realizar un análisis profundo de la situación actual, pasando por la trayectoria histórica, factores favorables y desfavorables, así como problemas existentes y perspectivas de la movilidad estudiantil transfronteriza, con el fin de seguir fomentando la cooperación integral de las dos regiones y promover el papel que desempeñan los talentos sino-latinoamericanos.

scholarly journals Academic capitalism and the entrepreneurial university: some perspectives from the Americas

Roteiro ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Somers ◽  
Cory Davis ◽  
Jessica Fry ◽  
Lisa Jasinski ◽  
Elida Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Academic Capitalism ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
The World

Since the Worldwide Financial Crisis of 2008, higher education institutions around the world have been forced to change their financial practices to focus on the bottom line. One such approach is academic capitalism, the heart of which is the entrepreneurial university which views faculty members as producers of capital (not educators), students as consumers (not learners), and business/industry, accreditors, and NGOs as valued business partners. This article defines academic capitalism, reviews the research literature, presents perspectives of academic capitalism in the Americas and discusses the implications of academic capitalism for Latin America. The article ends using anthropophagi to assess what is useful about academic capitalism for Brazil.

scholarly journals SOME WORDS ABOUT ONLINE PROGRAMS IN GERMANY . ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF APPLIED SCIENCES JOURNAL WORLD ISSN 2733-3817, (1(17), 73–75.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarakul Abishovna Muratbekova
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Quality Loss ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Online Programs ◽  
German Universities ◽  
At Home

Considering the recent COVID-19 pandemic, online education has had a significant surge in popularity. And it’s not just online English schools or fitness courses, but also full-fledged higher education programs. Some experts predict that soon all universities will move to our tablets and laptops. Of course, if surgeons and nuclear physicists get their qualifications while sitting at home, a disaster will surely happen. However, there are several professions that can now be mastered remotely without any quality loss. The article also deals with the problems of studying in Europe. Here we try to introduce all the advantages of German universities and students’ life if they leave their home and come to study in Germany.

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