The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America Global and Local Models in Chile and Colombia, 1950-2015

by Pineda, Pedro

• ISBN13: 9781137540270
• ISBN10: 1137540273
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-09-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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?

Author Biography

Pedro Pineda is Professor at the Universidad Externado de Colombia.

Table of Contents

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