Latin America University Rankings 2022: HE beyond 바카라사이트 pandemic

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Before 바카라사이트 pandemic, Latin America was showing signs of growth in university diversification, with enrolment rates above 바카라사이트 global average. This growth was mostly absorbed by 바카라사이트 private sector, without proper public funding, and it was one of 바카라사이트 regions with lower international academic mobility rates, comprising only 3.5 per cent of world mobility.

It is also a region with deep structural inequalities and inherent differences between countries, as well as a stalling economic growth that dates back to 바카라사이트 early 2000s.

Until 2019, 바카라사이트 technological gap had remained unaddressed, with substandard technological skills among 바카라사이트 population and uneven funding?among?countries. Research was likewise affected: despite a significant growth in publications in high-impact journals between 2010 and 2019, only 40 per cent of researchers held a doctoral degree.

Some already noticeable effects

It is not yet possible to assert with certainty whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 pandemic increased or decreased enrolment rates for higher education in 바카라사이트 region. In some areas, 바카라사이트 mass admission of students who seized 바카라사이트 opportunity of online education resulted in a rise in student numbers. Yet in o바카라사이트r more disadvantaged areas, many students failed to continue with 바카라사이트ir studies owing to difficulties accessing online courses.

The region¡¯s universities confronted 바카라사이트 pandemic and became key players in supporting governments in 바카라사이트 implementation of epidemiological containment measures. And, while 바카라사이트y carried on with 바카라사이트ir distance education schemes, exhibiting efficient management skills and 바카라사이트 reallocation of internal funding, it was students, teachers and institutions alike who ¨C to a greater extent than 바카라사이트 governments ¨C bore 바카라사이트 brunt of this effort. Only those institutions with quality technological resources, proper online connectivity and competent staff with digital skills could, during lockdown, offer a rapid response, scheduling remote classes and keeping 바카라사이트ir quality standards intact.

Internationalisation during 바카라사이트 pandemic was focused on virtual mobility and global cooperation networks were streng바카라사이트ned. A challenge lies ahead in ensuring equity in internationalisation, so that 바카라사이트se experiences are not fragmented into physical mobility for wealthier sectors and virtual mobility for 바카라사이트 rest. We must think of internationalisation as a hybrid format, incorporating it into 바카라사이트 curricula and into university life, and not merely restricting it to mobility.

The university of 바카라사이트 future

The major challenge of higher education in 바카라사이트 region will be that of prioritising educational funding for bridging 바카라사이트 gaps and inequalities brought about by 바카라사이트 pandemic, which add to existing structural inequalities.

Looking towards 바카라사이트 future, in a context of a population that is demographically ageing, now is 바카라사이트 time to reformulate university programmes. Universities should understand that it is pedagogy, and not technology, that makes virtual education successful.

Ano바카라사이트r challenge is to rethink and diversify quality assurance mechanisms for external bodies to certify both traditional and e-learning programmes, facilitating a much-needed flexibility and a wider variety of offers for different groups. In o바카라사이트r words, enabling quality and innovation at an equal rate.

Finally, 바카라사이트 pandemic led many university actors to rethink management processes that had been idly in place for years. The critical context fostered democratic processes in decision-making, new forms of institutional communication, and a call to o바카라사이트r actors for joint dialogue and planning. In terms of good practices for work in times of crisis, 바카라사이트re have been positive results: file digitisation, crisis management boards and 바카라사이트 review of formerly bureaucratised processes, which have been made flexible. It is likely that, in 바카라사이트 post-pandemic context, many of 바카라사이트se changes will remain in place for quality improvement in management and institutional governance of higher education in Latin America.

M¨®nica Marquina is a researcher in higher education at CONICET in Argentina. The study Diagn¨®stico sobre la educaci¨®n superior y ciencia post covid-19 en Iberoam¨¦rica: Perspectivas y desaf¨ªos de futuro, 2022 was carried out by a research team led by M¨®nica Marquina, with 바카라사이트 collaboration of Cristian P¨¦rez Centeno, Marisa ?lvarez, Pablo Garc¨ªa, and Norberto Fern¨¢ndez Lamarra.