Crisis y Desafíos de la Universidad Autónoma en el Marco de los Procesos de Inclusión/Exclusión en la Universidad en Bolivia (2001-2012)
Abstract
La universidad pública boliviana ha tenido, a través del movimiento universitario, un protagonismo muy intenso en la historia del país; sin embargo, en las últimas décadas se ha reducido esta participación en el contexto social y estatal. Durante la transición de los gobiernos neoliberales al gobierno del nacionalismo indígena-campesino, en el periodo 2001-2012, las políticas universitarias no han tenido grandes transformaciones académicas e institucionales; aunque, de acuerdo a la investigación realizada por un equipo de docentes y estudiantes de Sociología de la UMSA, los procesos de inclusión social, mediante la masificación, la matrícula femenina e indígena, la apertura de sedes regionales y la creación de la Universidad Pública de El Alto (UPEA) y las Universidades Indígenas han conseguido una amplia democratización de la educación superior.
The Bolivian public university has had, due to the teacher-student movement actions, a major role in the history of the country, nevertheless in the last decades this role has diminished its importance in the social context. In the last years, in Bolivia there has been a transition from neoliberal oriented governments to indigenous-peasant nationalist governments, yet the political struggle in the university has not changed significantly neither in the academic nor the institutional. Nonetheless, current research driven by scholars and students from the Sociology Department in UMSA shows that social inclusion, the increase of indigenous and feminine access to university, the founding of regional campuses and the creation of the Universidad Pública of El Alto (UPEA) and indigenous universities has achieved the deepening of the democratization of superior education.
The Bolivian public university has had, due to the teacher-student movement actions, a major role in the history of the country, nevertheless in the last decades this role has diminished its importance in the social context. In the last years, in Bolivia there has been a transition from neoliberal oriented governments to indigenous-peasant nationalist governments, yet the political struggle in the university has not changed significantly neither in the academic nor the institutional. Nonetheless, current research driven by scholars and students from the Sociology Department in UMSA shows that social inclusion, the increase of indigenous and feminine access to university, the founding of regional campuses and the creation of the Universidad Pública of El Alto (UPEA) and indigenous universities has achieved the deepening of the democratization of superior education.
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