The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America

The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America examines the fascinating clashes between the Latin American tradition and the influence of new globalized forms of organization represented by entrepreneurial university models. With particular emphasis on the governance of university research, the author aims to answer key questions: Why and how do local traditions or global forces shape structural and cultural organizational change? Are these changes necessarily related to the improvement of the quality of teaching and research?

"This book provides a useful and enlightening analysis of the "clash of cultures" between Europe and North America and Latin America concerning the development of research universities. This discussion is especially relevant as Latin American universities seek to join the ranks of world-class universities." - Philip G. Altbach, Research Professor, Boston College, USA

"This is a great work of sociology of higher education, in the rich tradition of historical comparative education. While focused on the cases of Chile and Colombia, it nonetheless provides an outstanding overview of the recent evolution of higher education in Latin America, firmly situated in the context of the transformation of higher education worldwide. I know of no better source for understanding present day higher education in Latin America." - Andrés Bernasconi, Vice-Dean, School of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

"The book gives wonderful and rich accounts of how global and local models intersect in the field of Latin American higher education. Pineda's analysis will certainly be of great importance to the growing community of researchers working on the globalization of higher education and the adaptation of broader global models to the very specific national and local contexts, in which universities are embedded." - Georg Krücken, Director of the International Centre for Higher Education Research, Germany

Autorentext
Pedro Pineda is Professor at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia.

Inhalt

PART I: THE TRANSFORMATION OF LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 1. Problématique: Path Dependency and Change in Higher Education 2. Prelude: The Latin American Heritage and New Global University Models 3. Historical Shifts in the Governmental Rhetoric: From Extensión and Research to Innovation 4. Latin American Universities: Global Influences and Historical Legacies from a Historical Perspective PART II: CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSES AND GOVERNANCE PRACTICES OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH 5. The "Glocalization" of the University: Incorporating Global Discourses in Local Traditions 6. Local Legacies or Global Models? The Institutionalization of Research Inspired by the Entrepreneurial and Latin American Models 7. Outside the Mainstream Rhetoric: Teaching Oriented and Catholic Universities Nowadays 8. The Rationalized University: "Best Practices" for University Research 9. The Future of the University