The entrepreneurial research university in Latin America : global and local models in Chile and Colombia, 1950-2015 /

"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 re...

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Main Author: Pineda, Pedro (Professor of education) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
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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, he 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? "--
"The Entrepreneurial Research University in Latin America examines the changes in Latin American universities in the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Pineda argues that the symbolic influence of abstract global and regional cross-national models of organization represented by the entrepreneurial and Latin American university models configures the higher education landscape"--
Physical Description:xiv, 275 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137540270
1137540273