The Challenges Of Public Higher Education In The Hispanic Caribbean

, by Canino, Maria Josefa; Torres-Saillant, Silvio

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ISBN: 9781558763241 | 1558763244
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Copyright: 2/28/2004

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Supplemental Materials

Foreword

vii

Felix Matos Rodriguez

Preface

Ethel Rios Orlandi

Acknowledgements

Introduction

(20)

Maria J. Canino

Part I The Transformation of Caribbean Higher Education

The Political Economy of Higher Education in the Era of Neoliberal Globalization: Latin America in Comparative Perspective

(26)

Carlos Alberto Torres

Daniel Schugurensky

Historical Overview of Higher Education in Puerto Rico (1903 to Present)

(10)

Rafael Irizarry

Higher Education in Cuba: Its Historical Development

(16)

Nora Arrechavaleta Guarton

Elvira Martin Sabina

The Historical Development of Higher Education in the Dominican Republic

(12)

Baltasar Gonzalez Camilo

Part II Contradictions and Tensions in Carrying Out the University Mission

The Functions of Higher Education: Contradictions and Tensions in Achieving Social Objectives

(10)

Victor Hugo Delancer

Epistemology and the University

(8)

Rafael Aragunde

Higher Education in Cuba: Democratization and the Role of Women

103

(20)

Maria Isabel Dominguez

On the University and Social Justice

123

(10)

Marcos Villamdn

Higher Education and Fiscal Policies in New York: The 1990s Crisis of Priorities

133

(12)

Ramon Bosque-Perez

Part III Public Policy and Higher Education in the Caribbean: Future Agendas

Higher Education in the Dominican Republic: A New Academic Pact

145

(16)

Ruben Silie

Public Policy and Higher Education: A Cuban Perspective on an Agenda for the Twenty-First Century

161

(14)

Elvira Martin Sabina

Jorge Gonzalez Corona

Public Policy and Public Higher Education in Puerto Rico

175

(12)

Carlos Rodriguez Fraticelli

The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Institutions of Higher Education in the Dominican Republic

187

(14)

Josefina Pimentel

The Mission, Challenges, and Opportunities Facing Cuban Institutions of Higher Education

201

(10)

Jose Luis Almuinas Rivero

Juan Francisco Vega Mederos

Conclusion The Limits of Globalization: Caribbean Higher Education and the Borders that Remain

211

(16)

Silvio Torres-Saillant

Notes

227

(12)

Works Cited

239

(14)

About the Editors and Contributors

253

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