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 Ubiquitous Educational Use of Mobile Digital Devices. A General and Comparative Study in Spanish and Latin America Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Vázquez Cano ◽  
M.ª Luisa Sevillano-García
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Nonparametric Tests ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
Latin American Students

This study conducted a general and comparative analysis of how university students use mobile digital devices for educational purposes in various places and spaces both inside and outside university facilities in Spain and Latin America. It analyses a total sample of 886 students (442 Spanish and 444 Latin American) corresponding to five Spanish and five Latin American universities. The research methodology was based on factorial analysis and comparison between groups with parametric and nonparametric tests. The results show that educational use of mobile digital devices in the Hispanic world concentrates on the use of smartphones and tablets inside university facilities; primarily in college cafeterias, corridors, classrooms and libraries. Spanish and Latin American students used tablets in and out of University facilities for storing and retrieving information, and smartphones for sharing educational information and content. 

Latin American satellite campuses grow despite risks

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Content Type ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Satellite Campus ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Latin American Universities

Subject The internationalisation of higher education in Latin America. Significance Several US universities are in the process of opening, or have announced plans for, campuses in Latin America. This is part of a broader global trend in higher education. However, the process of opening a satellite campus is fraught with risks and there are a number of other ways for universities to advance an international agenda. Impacts Staffing satellite campuses will be a key challenge for US universities. Academically strong students will opt for top Latin American universities rather than looking further afield. Latin American universities will offer study abroad opportunities, potentially as part of dual award arrangements.

scholarly journals U-Multirank and Latin American Universities

2016 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Ana García De Fanelli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American Universities ◽  
International Ranking ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
Near Future

The first U-Multirank launched in 2014, a multi-dimensional and user-driven approach to international ranking in higher education, included only a few Latin American universities. I address whether more Latin American universities will be able to participate in this interesting initiative in the near future. I first describe similar projects in Latin America and then discuss whether some of the data the U-Multirank requests in the institutional questionnaires can feasibly be collected from LA universities. 

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 Integrating Social Innovation into the Curriculum of Higher Education Institutions in Latin America: Insights from the Students4Change Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5378
Author(s):  
Alfonso Unceta ◽  
Igone Guerra ◽  
Xabier Barandiaran
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
Latin American Universities

In the last two decades, social innovation (SI) and social entrepreneurship (SE) have gained relevance and interest within the framework of academia at international level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are key players in promoting innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives that respond to multifaceted challenges. They support strategies on the basis of the strengthening of participation, collaboration, and cooperation with society and its local communities. However, the approach of Latin American universities to SI and SE has been very uneven in the way they have understood them, integrated them into academic programmes, and transferred knowledge to society. On the basis of the experience of the Students4Change project, we sought to understand the role of Latin American HEIs in promoting social innovations by analysing the experiences of 10 participating universities to formalise a pedagogical programme on SI and SE in their institutions. The results suggest that there is still a need to formalise an academic syllabus that is specifically designed to promote social innovations and to train universities in this endeavour. This paper contributes to the identification of the main levers of change, strengths, and challenges that Latin American universities face to institutionalise SI and SE in their contexts.

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 The COPHELA (Cooperation in Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education and Training between Europe and Latin America) Project

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Antonio Sánchez-Pozo ◽  
Afonso Cavaco ◽  
Paolo Blasi ◽  
Mariana Reynoso ◽  
Carlos Quirino-Barreda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
The European Union ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Master Degree ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
And Training

COPHELA (Cooperation in Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education and Training between Europe and Latin America), a collaborative project between the European Union (EU) and Latin America, will produce on-line courses for the master degree in pharmacy. The program runs from 2019 through 2021. It is funded by the Erasmus+ program of the Education, Audio-visual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission. The partners are EU and Latin American universities. These are accompanied by associated partners from EU and Latin American universities, as well as from governmental and non-governmental organizations, such as pharmacy chambers and educational associations. The project is coordinated by the University of Granada, Spain (first author of this paper). It will produce distance learning master degree courses in a dozen fields of specialized pharmaceutical science education and practice, ranging from patient care to industrial pharmacy. This paper describes the design of the project and is intended to evoke constructive comments. It also represents a call for the recruitment of additional associated partners.

scholarly journals Global and Critical Visions of Distance Universities and Programs in Latin America

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Casas Armengol
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
University System ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Good Question ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Latin American Universities ◽  
Scientific Systems

The future of any region’s higher education infrastructure cannot be a matter of guesswork; instead it must be built upon a solid foundation that is both rationally and soundly constructed. This postulate is especially important for regions such as Latin America experiencing problems associated with underdevelopment. Universities, particularly those specializing the area of science and technology, can and do play a constructive role in the advancement and improvement of modern society. However, the current Latin American educational context, which is less than optimal, can be compared with other similarly developing countries around the world, many of which have produced high quality university and scientific systems. Why is Latin America lagging behind? This is a good question that deserves closer examination. This article discusses reasons for the chronic problems for the deteriorated conditions facing Latin American universities. It also suggests ways in which Latin American distance universities can contribute to a transformation of the entire university system throughout the region.

scholarly journals Learning to Unlearn for Transformative Learning, an Epistemological Look

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
JOSE MANUEL SALUM TOME
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Social Agents ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Latin American Universities

The present work corresponds to a reflection about several theories and approaches of the learning and their relevance in the training of social agents, reflection that emerges from the practice of the training, and attending to the fact that the meaning of what it implies to learn and how it is that is learned is not at the center of the discussion in universities in Latin America, which emphasizes more what to teach rather than how to teach.ObjectiveCreate awareness in teachers of the importance of the processes of learning to unlearn and relearn as part of our educational responsibility and continuous training.SummaryThis paper corresponds to a reflection on various theories and approaches to learning and their relevance in the training of social agents, a reflection that emerges from the practice of training, and taking into account the fact that the meaning of what learning implies and how it is You learn is not at the center of the discussion in Latin American universities, in which what is taught is more emphasized than how to teach.

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