Data were compiled from 19 countries in an attempt to update statistics on higher education in Latin America. The author presents a broad array of comparative information about numbers and types of institutions, enrollment patterns, faculty hiring and development, and budgets. Additionally, the book considers a variety of indicators for comparing institutional effectiveness, national policies and legal frameworks, and some new trends and innovations by country. Nuevos contextos y perspectivas, Vol. The volume is organized around the themes of changing contexts and the shifting roles of higher education in Latin America.
Essays address new ways for organizing, circulating, and distributing knowledge.
Among the themes addressed are interdisciplinary study, public health, studies of the environment, new ways for teaching the social sciences, development based on knowledge, and information networks. Contributors are scholars at universities in Latin America and Europe. Mundo productivo y financiamiento , Vol. Contributors are scholars, policymakers, and business leaders in Latin America and Europe. Eight of the 12 essays were contributed by researchers and university administrators from Venezuela, with the remaining from Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Spain.