1st Edition
Higher Education in Latin American
Edited By Lewis Tyler, Maria Helenda De Magalhaes Castro, Hernan Courard Bull, Rollin Kent, Daniel C. Levy, Marcela Mollis, Juan Carlos Navarro, Philip G. Altbach
Copyright 1998
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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The purpose of this series is to bring together the main currents in today's higher education and examine such crucial issues as the changing nature of education in the U.S., the considerable adjustment demanded of institutions, administrators, the faculty; the role of Catholic education; the remarkable growth of higher education in Latin America, contemporary educational concerns in Europe, and... Read more
Contents Volume Introduction, Lewis M. Tyler, Maria Helena de Magalhaes Castro, Hernan Courard Bull, Rollin Kent, Daniel C. Levy, Marcela Mollis, and Juan Carlos Navarro 1. Overview Higher Education Amid the Political-Economic Changes of the 1990s: Report of the LASA Task Force on Higher Education, Daniel C. Levy Issues and Concepts, Daniel C. Levy Policies for Higher Education in Latin America: The Context, Simon Schwartzman 2. Contemporary Issues and Themes Issues and Perspectives for Higher Education in Argentina in the 1990s, Hector R. Gertel Latin America's Private Universities: How Successful Are They? Daniel C. Levy What Is Changing in Mexican Public Universities in the Face of Recent Policies for Higher Education? Rollin Kent The Focus on Scientific Activity, Simon Schwartzman Argentina, Marcela Mollis Through a Glass Darkly? Indigeneity, Information, and the Image of the Peruvian University, David Post 3. Illustrative Country Cases Governance and Finance of National Universities in Argentina: Current Proposals for Change, Jorge Balan Higher Education in Brazil: Recent Evolution and Current Issues, Alberto de Mello e Souza Chile's Higher Education: Between Market and State, Jose Joaquin Brunner The State and Higher Education in Colombia, Ricardo Lucio and Mariana Serrano Higher Education in Mexico: From Unregulated Expansion to Evaluation, Rollin Kent Thinking About Higher Education in Paraguay, William K. Cummings, Luis Galeano, and Diomedes Rivelli Peruvian Higher Education: Expansions Amid Economic Crisis, David Post Venezuelan Higher Education in Perspective, Juan Carlos Navarro Acknowledgments
Biography
Lewis Tyler, Maria Helenda De Magalhaes Castro, Hernan Courard Bull, Rollin Kent, Daniel C. Levy, Marcela Mollis, Juan Carlos Juan Navarro, Philip G. Altbach
