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. 

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.

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 Factors that describe the use of digital devices in Latin American universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelec Viloria ◽  
Omar Bonerge Pineda Lezama ◽  
Nohora Mercado-Caruzo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Latin American 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.

International student mobility from Latin America in Australia: What we already know and what we still need to find out

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
David Paull
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Students ◽  
Latin American ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
International Student Mobility ◽  
Trade Relations ◽  
American Students ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Latin American Students

This article identifies five main mobility characteristics of international students from Latin America in Australia by comparative analysis of the overall student population. International student numbers from Latin America to Australia have reached unprecedented levels. A growing body of research exists on Latin American migrants in Australia and scholars such as Burges and Calderon have provided insightful analyses into educational trade relations between the two. Despite this, there still lacks a deeper understanding of the mobility characteristics of Latin American students, embedded within the scholarship of international migration broadly and international student mobility (ISM) specifically. In order to address this gap, the article interprets publicly available data in a growing segment of ISM research that understands mobility as an ongoing, processional and lifelong journey. This article therefore paints a picture of what we already know and what we still need to find out about Latin American students in Australia.

scholarly journals Trust and Mistrust in Relationships between Students of Different Cultural Groups

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
В.И. Казаренков ◽  
Б. Ван
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Students

В статье раскрыты актуальные вопросы межкультурного взаимодействия субъектов профессионального образования с учетом интенсификации процессов интернационализации в высшей школе. На основе анализа теоретических концепций и эмпирических данных обоснованы специфические особенности отношений доверия и недоверия между студентами в контексте восприятия друг друга как представителей разных культур. Представлены результаты эмпирического исследования, раскрывающие содержание критериев доверия и недоверия студентов китайской, африканской и латиноамериканской общностей к сверстникам — представителям иных культурных групп. Методологической основой исследования выступила модель А. Б. Купрейченко, где в качестве критериев доверия и недоверия рассматриваются надежность, единство, знание, приязнь, расчет, недостатки. Проанализированы выявленные различия в содержании и степени выраженности критериев доверия и недоверия в межличностных взаимоотношениях студентов китайской, африканской и латиноамериканской общностей с ровесниками — представителями других культур. Результаты исследования представляют научную значимость для исследователей психологических проблем кросс-культурной коммуникации и взаимодействия, а также могут быть использованы при разработке мероприятий профилактической и коррекционной направленности по созданию в поликультурной среде высших учебных заведений условий для развития межкультурного диалога представителей разных социальных общностей. The article treats relevant issues of intercultural communication of vocational students taking into consideration the intensification of internationalization in higher education institutions. The analysis of theoretical concepts and empirical data is used to substantiate trust and mistrust relationships between students belonging to different cultural groups. The article presents the results of an empirical study focusing on the criteria of trust and mistrust between Chinese, African and Latin American students. The research is based on the Kupreychenko model, where reliability, unity, knowledge, affection, convenience, and deficiencies serve as major criteria of trust and mistrust. The article analyzes the content and intensity of trust and mistrust criteria in interpersonal relationships between Chinese, African and Latin American students and representatives of other cultures. The results of the research can be used by scholars investigating psychological problems associated with cross-cultural communication and can be used for prevention and correction of intercultural communication problems in multicultural learning environments of higher education institutions.

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.

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