The Crucial Presence of Private Higher Education in Latin America

Authors

  • Dante J. Salto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.87.9510

Keywords:

Private higher education, Latin America, Privatization, Public, Private

Abstract

During a recent "summit" meeting of leading Latin American higher education scholars and practitioners, key developments in Private Higher Education (PHE) became the topic of many meaningful discussions. This article reports on PHE and closely related issues, such as privatization and the comparison between the public and private sectors, highlighted at the summit. 

Author Biography

Dante J. Salto

Dante J. Salto is a postdoctoral fellow at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina) and affiliate at the Program for Research on Pri- vate Higher Education (PROPHE), University at Albany.  

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Published

2016-09-01

How to Cite

Salto, D. J. (2016). The Crucial Presence of Private Higher Education in Latin America. International Higher Education, (87), 24–25. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2016.87.9510

Issue

No. 87: Fall 2016

Section

Private Higher Education

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