Trends and Challenges in Science and Higher Education : Building Capacity in Latin America

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Introduction. Democratizing Higher Education and Science in Latin America....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 The Scientific Productivity and the Dynamics of Self-organizing Networks: Ibero-American and Caribbean Countries (1966–2013)....Pages 29-46 Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy in Brazil....Pages 47-65 Current Challenges in Higher Education and Their Implications for Research and Development in Colombia ....Pages 67-85 Internationalization of Chinese Higher Education in Latin American Campuses....Pages 87-102 The Academic Profession in Latin America: Between a Corporatist and a Professional Ethos....Pages 103-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 On the Processes of Technical Change and Development in Latin America: A Proposed Framework of Analysis....Pages 121-143 Research Assessment of Public Research Centers in Mexico: An Instrument of Science Policy....Pages 145-176 Promoting Research Careers in the Business Sector: Assessing Public Policy Instruments in Brazil and Chile....Pages 177-195 Itaipu Technology Park: A Territorial Development Tool....Pages 197-213 Front Matter....Pages 215-215 On the Dynamics of the Industry–Science Relationship: Brazil 1980–2012....Pages 217-244 On the Evolution of Research Networks: The Case of Micro Technologies in Mexico....Pages 245-262 Research Networks and the Relevance of Higher Education: Lessons Learned from Veterinary Sciences in Argentina, 2006–2010....Pages 263-285 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Looking Forward: Building Capacity in Latin America....Pages 289-310 Annotation This title discusses the role that integrated science and higher education policies may play in further democratizing and promoting social-economic development in Latin America