scholarly journals Influencia supranacional de la UNESCO en la educación superior Latinoamericana

2020 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Ricardo Gaete Quezada
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
International Institute ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
The Caribbean

Latin American higher education in recent decades has experienced the main world trends, relative to the massification of student access, insufficient state funding, increase of private institutions in the tertiary education system, as well as a regional debate on its consideration as a good public guaranteed by the State, increasing the relevance of the university mission in solving global needs. Through the comparative method developed through a documentary analysis, the influence in Latin America of the Supranational Policy on social responsibility of UNESCO higher education institutions is analyzed. The results show this influence in the Region, through the Declarations of the UNESCO World Conferences on Higher Education, materialized in the actions developed by the International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), such as the holding of the Regional Conferences on Higher Education or the creation of the Regional Observatory of Social Responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean (ORSALC). In addition, there is an academic debate between the concept of university social responsibility, established in the Region since the beginning of the new Millennium, related to managing the impacts of university work on its stakeholders, evolving towards the recognition of higher education as a good public and a human right as an expression of a territorial social responsibility, effectively contributing to the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. It is concluded that the analyzed Supranational Policy must consolidate its influence in the Region in the long term, by implementing some actions key strategies, such as strengthening the Latin American Higher Education Area or research on the contributions that Latin American universities must make to effectively guarantee higher education as a common good in the Region. 

scholarly journals An Agenda in Motion: Women’s Issues in Latin American Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Alma Maldonado-Maldonado ◽  
Felicitas Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Women's Issues ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Male Power ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Physical And Psychological Violence

Women in Latin America have experienced physical and psychological violence; discrimination; lack of equal opportunities; less recognition for their work, abilities, and capacities. The #MeToo and Time's Up movements (2017) are dealing with the issue of women's role in present-day society and highlight cases of male power towards women. This article offers a reflection on this discussion at universities in the region.

scholarly journals New directions for Internationalization of Tertiary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

2014 ◽  
pp. 16-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
International Association ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Latin America And Caribbean ◽  
The Caribbean

Based on the 2014 International Association of Universities (IAU) Internationalization Survey, this articles intends to spot new trends in the internationalization processes of Latin America and Caribbean higher education.

scholarly journals Construcción de un sistema de Educación Superior socialmente responsable en América Latina: Avances y desafíos

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Juan José Martí-Noguera ◽  
Ricardo Gaete Quezada
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The Impact

After one century of university reform in Córdoba, Argentina, the social responsibility of higher education institutions in Latin America is the subject of attention in this article. The higher education system and its role is analyzed through an interpretive-hermeneutic perspective, an analysis and interpretation of the growing number of legislations on the topic, as well as scientific articles that describe the main characteristics and conditions of social responsibility models that are developed and incorporated. In response to the impulses of a global system of higher education, which regulates supply and establishes quality parameters, the changes within Latin American higher education are discussed, as well as the impact that institutions can have on establishing the parameters of their social responsibility, so that they contribute to the response to the challenges within their regions.

scholarly journals Household Education Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from Income and Expenditure Surveys

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Acerenza ◽  
Néstor Gandelman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
Household Spending ◽  
Average Education ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Household Heads

This paper characterizes household spending in education using microdata from income and expenditure surveys for twelve Latin American and Caribbean countries and the United States. Bahamas, Chile, and Mexico have the highest household spending in education and Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay have the lowest. Tertiary education is the most important form of spending, and most educational spending is performed for 18- to 23-year-old individuals. More educated and wealthier household heads spend more in the education of household members. Households with both parents present and those with a female main income provider spend more than their counterparts. Urban households also spend more than rural households. On average, education in Latin America and the Caribbean is a luxury good, whereas it may be a necessity in the United States. No gender bias is found in primary education, but at secondary school age and up households invest more in females than in males.

scholarly journals The Crucial Presence of Private Higher Education in Latin America

2016 ◽  
pp. 24-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dante J. Salto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Summit Meeting ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Higher Education

During a recent "summit" meeting of leading Latin American higher education scholars and practitioners, key developments in Private Higher Education (PHE) became the topic of many meaningful discussions. This article reports on PHE and closely related issues, such as privatization and the comparison between the public and private sectors, highlighted at the summit. 

scholarly journals An Agenda in Motion: Women’s Issues in Latin American Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Alma Maldonado-Maldonado ◽  
Felicitas Acosta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Women's Issues ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Male Power ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
Physical And Psychological Violence

Women in Latin America have experienced physical and psychological violence; discrimination; lack of equal opportunities; less recognition for their work, abilities, and capacities. The #MeToo and Time's Up movements (2017) are dealing with the issue of women's role in present-day society and highlight cases of male power towards women. This article offers a reflection on this discussion at universities in the region.

scholarly journals A Critical Sociocultural Perspective to Academic Literacies in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Trigos Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
Academic Literacies ◽  
Sociocultural Perspective ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Sociocultural Model ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
The Times

In this editorial, the author reflects on the state of research on academic literacies in Latin American higher education. To this end, the author presents a description of the context of higher education in Latin America, and the analysis of literature on academic literacies in the region through the lenses of three models: the study skills model, the academic socialization model, and the critical sociocultural model. From this analysis, the author argues that a critical sociocultural perspective is emerging in Latin America, which considers academic literacies as social practices embedded in systems of power. This turn into a critical sociocultural perspective is important and timely because it challenges deficit views of students, and it includes issues of power, identity, representation, and authority. The author invites Latin American scholars to consider the implications of a critical sociocultural perspective to academic literacies and the possibilities it offers to understand how youth interact with literacy in a region where education most of the times reinforces deep inequalities.

Exclusion Factors in Latin American Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Castro ◽  
David Rodríguez-Gómez ◽  
Joaquín Gairín
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
University Students ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
University Systems

Access to higher education has increased substantially in Latin America, but inequalities in access to and completion of higher education still remain. In this regard, identifying vulnerable groups and exclusion factors is a priority in Latin America’s university systems. The aim of this article is to understand in depth governing board perceptions of exclusion factors in higher education institutions in Latin America. The study has identified five key factors that help better understand exclusion from higher education in Latin America: (a) personal characteristics, (b) family situation, (c) institutional features, (d) public policies, and (e) phases of university students’ development.

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