Tendencies and challenges of Latin American public universities (UNAM and UNC) in relation to the new public policies for higher education

Authors

  • María Cristina Vera de Flachs Universidade Nacional de Cordoba
  • María Teresa de Sierra UNAM

Keywords:

Universidad Autónoma de México, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina – Academic identities – Public Policies – IHE, 20th and 21st centuries

Abstract

This article performs a comparative analysis of the effects of the new public policies for Higher Education applied internationally, particularly at two Latin American universities, UNAM and UNC, since the end of the 1980s. The implications of applying similar models were also studied specifically for each case, taking into account that both dealt with common themes: academic and institution evaluation and accreditation, as well as internationalization. On the other hand, we referred to how the institutional histories and academic cultures mediated the management models and the behavior of the players involved, with variable effects on how knowledge is organized and its connection to society. In both cases, the classical model of education underwent a crisis, due to massification, reduction of the government budget and greater control of investment costs, leading institutions to seek other sources of funding and to generate mechanisms to strengthen their social responsibility within a framework of autonomy.

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Author Biography

María Cristina Vera de Flachs, Universidade Nacional de Cordoba

Nadja Mara Amilibia Hermann Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq - Nível 1C Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (1973), mestrado em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1982) e doutorado em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1995), com doutorado sanduíche na Universidade de Heidelberg. Foi professora titular de Filosofia da Educação da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul de 1997 a 2005. Coordenou o Comitê de Educação e Psicologia da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul no período de 2002 a 2006. Realizou estágios de pesquisa na Universidade de Heidelberg/Erziehungswissensschatliches Seminar nos anos de 1998, 1999 e 2005. Atualmente é professora adjunta da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Tem experiência na área de Educação, com ênfase em Filosofia da Educação, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: filosofia da educacao, racionalidade, hermenâutica, Habermas, Gadamer, ética, ética e estética. (Texto informado pelo autor)

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de Flachs, M. C. V., & de Sierra, M. T. (2012). Tendencies and challenges of Latin American public universities (UNAM and UNC) in relation to the new public policies for higher education. Educação, 35(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/faced/article/view/11638

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2012)

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