Review of Higher Education Policy in Latin America: Expansion, Diversification, and Equity, by André Vieira, Andrés Santos Sharpe, Carolina Zuccarelli and María Lígia Barbosa (Comps.)
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This work offers a multidimensional analysis of the massification process of higher education enrollment in Latin America, addressing both common regional trends and the historical and institutional particularities of Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, Argentina, and Chile. Through eight chapters organized into three thematic axes (Foundation and Context, Institutional Structure, and Operation), the book brings together research that primarily utilizes comparative analysis and empirical studies to unravel the dynamics of educational expansion. The collected works constitute an important contribution to the past and present trends of higher education in the region, allowing for a precise understanding of how social stratification mechanisms operate within the Latin American university sphere.
Author Biography
Santiago Garriga Olmo, IdIHCS/CONIET-UNLP
Santiago Garriga Olmo holds a Bachelor's Degree and a Teaching Degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences (FaHCE) at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Buenos Aires, Argentina. He holds a PhD in Education from the same institution and is a postdoctoral fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), at the Institute for Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (IdIHCS). He is a member of the Research Group on Educational and Social Inequalities (GESDES) (IdIHCS-UNLP) and the Research Group of Higher Education in America Latina (GEESLA) (IdIHCS-UNLP). He is a Lecturer of the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM) of the National University of La Plata. His doctoral dissertation focused on first-generation university students.
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[Book reviewed] Vieira, A., Sharpe, A. S., Zuccarelli, C. & Oliveira Barbosa, M. L. (Eds.) (2025). Políticas de educación superior en América Latina: Expansión, diversificación y equidad [Higher education policies in Latin America: Expansion, diversification and equity / Políticas de ensino superior na América Latina: expansão, diversificação e equidade]. CLACSO.
A publication of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (CLACSO), this book is freely available for download (in Spanish) at https://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/279855
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