Challenges for Latin American Universities

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Challenges for Latin American Universities
BY LETICIA MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ

In all of Latin America and the Caribbean only 14 million people are studying at the higher education level and 60 percent of the university students are concentrated in three countries: Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. These statistics challenge Latin American university systems to expand without sacrificing quality.

Ana Lucia Gazzola, president of the International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, spoke In Havana about the challenges facing regional higher education on the final day of the Sixth International Congress on Higher Education "Universidad 2008."

Gazzola said to be in step with the integration processes taking place universities need to increase their accessibility but with more demanding objectives. She said this involves taking on the historically excluded segments of the population: women, indigenous peoples and those with special needs.

The higher education expert also announced that the Regional Conference on Higher Education will take place in Cartagena, Colombia June 4-6, a meeting that precedes the World Conference on Higher Education to take place in 2009.

During a meeting of university presidents from Cuba and Bolivia held at the conclusion of University 2008, Juan Vela Vales, Cuban minister of Higher Education, was awarded a medal by Bolivia, the highest distinction given by the Andean government in the field of education.

University 2008 brought together more than 3,000 people from 50 countries to discuss experiences and find solutions on expanding higher education.

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