scholarly journals Brazilian Universities – Problems, COVID-19 & Efforts

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 5838-5850
Author(s):  
Carlos Rios-Campos ◽  
Patricia Mercedes Tapia Macias ◽  
Julissa Elizabeth Reyna González ◽  
Michael Roberto Quispe Araujo ◽  
Willam Cristian Guevara Tirado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Critical Situation ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
The University

It is necessary to know the state of the brazilian universities. In this paper the general objective was determine the situation of brazilian universities: Problems, COVID-19 & efforts. Methodology, in this research, 36 documents have been selected, carried out in the period 2016 - 2021; including: scientific articles, review articles and information from websites of recognized organizations. The keywords used in the searches were: Brazilian universities and COVID-19. Results, brazilian universities stand out for the great effort they make in the training of researchers, as well as in the publication of numerous scientific articles and patent registration. Each year they manage to rank better in the Latin American and international rankings. Conclusions, brazilian universities have been affected by the pandemic, largely due to the ineffective response of the current government. Therefore, it is necessary for the university community to work in coordination to overcome this critical situation. Brazilian universities are an important example for the rest of Latin American universities, due to their outstanding position in international rankings and their continuous effort in scientific research. Es necesario conocer el estado de las universidades brasileñas. En este trabajo el objetivo general fue determinar la situación de las universidades brasileñas: problemas, COVID-19 y esfuerzos. Metodología, en esta investigación se han seleccionado 36 documentos, realizados en el período 2016 - 2021; incluyendo: artículos científicos, artículos de revisión e información de sitios web de organizaciones reconocidas. Las palabras clave utilizadas en las búsquedas fueron: universidades brasileñas y COVID-19. Resultados, las universidades brasileñas se destacan por el gran esfuerzo que realizan en la formación de investigadores, así como en la publicación de numerosos artículos científicos y registro de patentes. Cada año logran posicionarse mejor en los rankings latinoamericanos e internacionales. Conclusiones, las universidades brasileñas se han visto afectadas por la pandemia, en gran parte debido a la respuesta ineficaz del gobierno actual. Por tanto, es necesario que la comunidad universitaria trabaje de forma coordinada para superar esta situación crítica. Las universidades brasileñas son un ejemplo importante para el resto de universidades latinoamericanas, por su destacada posición en los rankings internacionales y su continuo esfuerzo en la investigación científica.  

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 Are Global Rankings Unfair to Latin American Universities?

2015 ◽  
pp. 12-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andres Bernasconi
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Institutional Governance ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
American Science ◽  
Global University ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
Key Resources ◽  
The University

Latin American universities do poorly in global university rankings. That is, they preform below the level to be expected of the size, GDP, and level of investment in higher education of its most advanced countries. University leaders in the region react to this yearly display of the lack of international stature of their universities by blaming the instrument. They claim rankings are biased towards the "Anglo-Saxon model of the university" and that they are unfit to recognize Latin America's universities "social mission". In this article, I challenge the notion that the message conveyed by poor placements in the rankings is irrelevant to Latin American universities. I argue that the invisibility of Latin American science to the world is caused by the lack of two key resources in Latin American universities: large enough numbers of dedicated research faculty, and good institutional governance.

scholarly journals Present and past traditions and matrixes that converge in the Latin American and Caribbean Critical Extension

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-204
Author(s):  
Fabio Erreguerena ◽  
◽  
Gustavo Nieto ◽  
Humberto Tommasino ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
The Self ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Social Commitment ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Military ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

After more than 100 years of presence in Latin American universities, the concepts and ideas that have built significance for university extension, and their respective practices, have been diverse.They gave rise to different orientations not always compatible with each other. Orientations based on assistance and philanthropy will coexist, conflictively, with approaches supported by the search for social and political emancipation. The long night of the military dictatorships and the neoliberal policies in the 1990s substantially modified the context in the region. It was there when a new trend emerged within the university extension, one that proposed a critical reading of the traditions and political-ideological matrices of extension based on the new context. We refer to the current of the Latin American and Caribbean Critical Extension (ECL and C), born in response to the new hegemonic formats of technology that establish a commercialized link with the environment, threatening the self university social commitment existence. In this article we propose to address the traditions, theoretical, methodological and pedagogical matrices that converge in the emergence and nurture its praxis.

scholarly journals La gran dama: Science Patronage, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mexican Social Sciences in the 1940s

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Morcillo Laiz
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Hegemony ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Plausible Hypothesis ◽  
Latin American Universities

AbstractIf Latin America's public universities are considered part of the state, then it seems plausible to characterise them as similar to the state, i.e. as clientelistic. However, this plausible hypothesis has never been examined by the literature on twentieth-century Mexican social sciences. Just like clientelism, science patrons such as US philanthropic foundations have similarly been neglected. In this article I argue that, as an alternative to what the Rockefeller Foundation perceived as clientelism and amateurism at Latin American universities, it claimed to patronise liberal scholarship, practised according to formal rational criteria. While foundations have been frequently considered part of a US imperialistic drive towards cultural hegemony in Latin America, they were not unitary actors and frequently failed to predict the actual impact of their grants. In Mexico in the 1940s, the Rockefeller Foundation boosted the humanities, but missed the opportunity to support a local take on social science teaching and research.

scholarly journals Perceptions on Regulation and Asymmetry of Information as Critical Factors in University Governance in Latin America

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110231
Author(s):  
Juan Bautista Abello-Romero ◽  
Daniel López ◽  
Francisco Ganga ◽  
Claudio Mancilla
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
American University ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Asymmetry Of Information ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Latin American Universities

This article analyzes the results of an inquiry into Latin American university community members’ perceptions about regulatory processes and asymmetries of information, as influential factors in the governance of Latin American universities. It does so, by examining the national laws in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico. Previous studies in this continent have not considered these aspects and perspectives. Our research found significant differences between countries in terms of the Board of Directors’ capacity to act and the control mechanisms they can employ—which can be interpreted as national differences in the availability of their resources and their regulatory capacities. On the level of asymmetry of information, there are differences between countries, which depend on the position of the university members in their institutions. Thus, regulation and information are important factors when it comes to the governance of Latin American universities, and can explain its’ diversity.

Management indicators: their impact on Latin-American universities’ accreditation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Gabriela Gerón-Piñón ◽  
Pedro Solana-González ◽  
Sara Trigueros-Preciado ◽  
Daniel Pérez-González
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Latin American Universities

Latin-American Universities

1967 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
George R. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities
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