Globalización de la educación superior: crítica de su figura ideológica15
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Rev. de Inv. Educ.
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La educación superior (es) ocupa un lugar privilegiado en la ideología contemporánea, se le adjudican una serie de beneficios y oportunidades clave para el desarrollo y buen funcionamiento de los países. Los flujos de conocimiento, información e ideas a nivel global presuponen oportunidades y mejoras para toda economía que invierta en la educación terciaria, institucionalmente representada por la universidad como modelo ideal de la es. Sin embargo, este mundo de información y conocimiento, ¿realmente es más igualitario?, ¿acaso los flujos de ideas y publicaciones se han vuelto más simétricos?, ¿las instituciones de rango mundial están realmente al alcance de todos los países? En la geopolítica global, ¿qué papel juega América Latina de cara a la sociedad del conocimiento?
Higher education (he) holds a privileged place in contemporary ideology and is understood to bring a series of key benefits and opportunities to the development and good performance of countries. Global flows of knowledge, information and ideas imply opportunities and improvements to any economy that invests in post-secondary education, which is represented by universities as the ideal model of he. Is this world of information and knowledge really more egalitarian, however? Have flows of ideas and publications become any more symmetrical? Are world-rank institutions really within reach of all countries? What role does Latin America play in global geopolitics in terms of the knowledge-based society?
Higher education (he) holds a privileged place in contemporary ideology and is understood to bring a series of key benefits and opportunities to the development and good performance of countries. Global flows of knowledge, information and ideas imply opportunities and improvements to any economy that invests in post-secondary education, which is represented by universities as the ideal model of he. Is this world of information and knowledge really more egalitarian, however? Have flows of ideas and publications become any more symmetrical? Are world-rank institutions really within reach of all countries? What role does Latin America play in global geopolitics in terms of the knowledge-based society?
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Vol. 8, No. 2