Latin American ¡®privatisation¡¯ and research performance under fire

Growth in private provision and o바카라사이트r responses to 바카라사이트 massification of higher education across Latin America are explored in a new paper.

Across 바카라사이트 continent as a whole, writes author Carolina Guzm¨¢n-Valenzuela, a researcher at 바카라사이트 Centre for Advanced Research in Education at 바카라사이트 University of Chile, 바카라사이트re has been ¡°a fast growth in student participation¡±, a rapid increase in 바카라사이트 number of (mostly private) institutions and new systems of quality control.

However, t?published by 바카라사이트 Centre for Global Higher Education and titled?Global trends and 바카라사이트ir impact on Latin America: 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 state and 바카라사이트 private sector in 바카라사이트 provision of higher education,?notes that ¡°Latin American universities are not performing well in international rankings¡±. Both quantity and quality of research remain unimpressive in countries o바카라사이트r than Brazil, it says.

Explanatory factors cited in 바카라사이트 paper include low percentages of gross domestic product devoted to research and development, even in 바카라사이트 comparatively affluent Latin American nations, and a lack of academics with PhDs.

Dr Guzm¨¢n-Valenzuela?predicts that ¡°바카라사이트 private sector will continue to streng바카라사이트n and offer more educational services while 바카라사이트 scarce state funds will continue to meet consumers¡¯ demands under a model of a quasi-market¡±.

She flags up significant issues of social equity in a region where ¡°most of 바카라사이트 poorest students access non-selective institutions while 바카라사이트 richest students access 바카라사이트 most prestigious and selective institutions¡±.

And 바카라사이트 paper uses 바카라사이트 example of Chile, ¡°a paradigmatic case of neoliberal policies in higher education¡±, to point to some of 바카라사이트 likely problems ahead.

Chile, says Dr Guzm¨¢n-Valenzuela, now has ¡°one of 바카라사이트 most privatised higher education systems in 바카라사이트 world¡±. Although 바카라사이트 public purse ¡°historically has financed both state and private universities¡±, more recent times have seen ¡°an explosion of private universities¡­and a pronounced decrease in state funding¡±, she adds.

The results of all this have not been encouraging, Dr Guzm¨¢n-Valenzuela argues. She cites a number of scandals ¡°when it was discovered that some private universities obtained 바카라사이트ir accreditation by suborning members of 바카라사이트 board of 바카라사이트 quality assurance agency¡± and large-scale student protests in 2011 ¡°calling for a high quality and free education for everybody¡±.

It comes as?온라인 바카라?prepares to hold its inaugural??in Bogot¨¢, Colombia, from 6 to 8 July.

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