Why Latin America Needs World-Class Universities

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  • Philip G. Altbach Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
  • Jamil Salmi Diego Portales University

Keywords:

Latin American universities, Cordoba academic revolution, research universities, university reform in Latin America

Abstract

Latin America’s research universities have underperformed, and the region has few world-class institutions. For Latin America to thrive in the twenty-first century, it needs high quality universities. We argue that this is in part because of the “Cordoba academic revolution” and its academic ideas. The great public universities in Latin America need reform.

Author Biographies

Philip G. Altbach, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Philip G. Altbach is research professor and Distinguished Fellow, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email: altbach@bc.edu

Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University

Jamil Salmi is a global tertiary education expert, professor emeritus of higher education policy at Diego Portales University, Chile, and research fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email: jsalmi@tertiaryeducation.org

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Published

2021-10-11

How to Cite

Altbach, P. ., & Salmi, J. . (2021). Why Latin America Needs World-Class Universities. International Higher Education, (108), 20–21. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/14451

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