Most articles focus on experiences throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, with the exception of one that addresses efforts in Africa. This book contains four case studies that examine the relationship between the university and the business sector in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela, with an overview and introduction by the editor. The editor uses the work of the Brazilian political scientist, Theotonio Dos Santos, as a point of departure for this collection of essays on issues of globalization, dependence, and interdependence collected from authors from five continents. This is an examination of human rights in context. These volumes include the papers presented at the Regional Conference on Policies and Strategies for the Transformation of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Havana, Cuba in November 1996.
Most essays focus on trends and innovations in general, rather than country-specific case studies.
This book contains essays that address institutional accreditation and evaluation in general terms followed by others that discuss specific experiences in Chile, Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia. Perspectivas, posibilidades, y limitaciones . The 4 essays included in this volume and selected from 30 submitted to a jury, address the process of decentralized school administration, examining the experiences of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. This collection of 12 studies and 6 commentaries examines the impact of globalization on local cultures. Contributors are researchers from diverse disciplines who do their work in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the USA, and Venezuela.