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Trends and Challenges in Science and Higher Education

Building Capacity in Latin America

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Editors:
  1. Hugo Horta

    1. Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  2. Manuel Heitor

    1. Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  3. Jamil Salmi

    1. University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

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  • The first volume to focus on science and higher education in Latin America as a whole
  • Presents perspectives that give direction to policy-making in Latin America
  • Discusses fundamental issues and challenges of science policy
  • Provides an encompassing analysis of multi-level relations in Latin America
  • Brings the important issue of institutional diversity in higher education to the Latin American context

Part of the book series: Knowledge Studies in Higher Education (KSHE, volume 3)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction. Democratizing Higher Education and Science in Latin America

    • Manuel Heitor, Hugo Horta
    Pages 1-26

  4. Policies and Instruments to Foster Scientific Capacity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. On the Processes of Technical Change and Development in Latin America: A Proposed Framework of Analysis

      • Leandro Lepratte
      Pages 121-143

    3. Research Assessment of Public Research Centers in Mexico: An Instrument of Science Policy

      • Salvador Estrada, Joao Aguirre
      Pages 145-176

    4. Promoting Research Careers in the Business Sector: Assessing Public Policy Instruments in Brazil and Chile

      • Eliana A. Arancibia Gutiérrez, Fábio Couto e Silva Neto
      Pages 177-195

    5. Itaipu Technology Park: A Territorial Development Tool

      • Juan Carlos Sotuyo, Maria Angélica Jung Marques
      Pages 197-213

  5. Networking and Industry-Science Relationships

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215
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    2. On the Dynamics of the Industry–Science Relationship: Brazil 1980–2012

      • Eva Stal, Asa Fujino
      Pages 217-244

    3. On the Evolution of Research Networks: The Case of Micro Technologies in Mexico

      • Eduardo Robles-Belmont
      Pages 245-262

    4. Research Networks and the Relevance of Higher Education: Lessons Learned from Veterinary Sciences in Argentina, 2006–2010

      • Maria Fernanda Di Meglio, Luisa Mayoral, José María Araya
      Pages 263-285

  6. New Horizons for Scientific and Higher Education Development in Latin America

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287
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    2. Looking Forward: Building Capacity in Latin America

      • Manuel Heitor, Hugo Horta, Jamil Salmi
      Pages 289-310
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About this book

This book discusses the role that integrated science and higher education policies may play in further democratizing and promoting social-economic development in Latin America. It suggests that such democratizing and development may be achieved in two complementary ways: i) broadening the access to knowledge through formal learning processes of higher education, and ii) promoting the advanced qualification of people while strengthening research institutions. The book shows how this entails a complex process of policy integration, with an emphasis on human resources and institutional issues combined in processes of technical change. It discusses in detail the three main challenges that most Latin American countries face in a globalized age, based on knowledge and ever-evolving learning processes. These challenges are the need to broaden the access to higher education; to make this access more socially balanced; and to recover from a long gap in investing in knowledge production and dissemination. This book treats these issues from a variety of conceptual and methodological perspectives that present a contribution to the field of science policy and higher education studies, and inform policymakers in Latin America.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Hugo Horta

  • Instituto Superior Tecnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Manuel Heitor

  • University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile

    Jamil Salmi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Trends and Challenges in Science and Higher Education

  • Book Subtitle: Building Capacity in Latin America

  • Editors: Hugo Horta, Manuel Heitor, Jamil Salmi

  • Series Title: Knowledge Studies in Higher Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20964-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20963-0Published: 08 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79324-5Published: 28 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20964-7Published: 01 December 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2566-7106

  • Series E-ISSN: 2566-8315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 310

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Higher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education

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