Yearly Archives: 2021
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New cooperation agreement with the Universidad Nacional de Jaén
On July 16, the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) signed an institutional cooperation agreement with the ... -
New guides on remote education for university professors / Agencia Andina
The Ministry of Education of Perú (Minedu), in alliance with the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC), ... -
New report unveils financial aid measures taken in the region for higher education students during the pandemic
In the region, more than 50% of higher education tuition is financed by households. In Chile, Brazil and Peru, these percentages are 84%, 75% ... -
Call for articles submission for the next ESS journal (Vol. 34, No. 1-2022) – Dossier B
UNESCO IESALC invites to submit articles for the thematic dossier of the journal Educación Superior y Sociedad (ESS) “Dossier B: Achieving mutually inclusive internationalization of higher education ... -
Public consultations on Futures of Higher Education initiative from UNESCO-IESALC / EUA European University Association
The UNESCO’s International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) is running a major public consultation as part of the ... -
New Regional Convention: a renewed instrument to promote intraregional cooperation
In Latin America and the Caribbean only 38 students out of every 100 stay in the region to pursue their higher education studies, while ... -
Closing now to reopen better tomorrow? Pedagogical continuity in Latin American Universities during the pandemic
On July 13, in the framework of the Times Higher Education’s Latin American Universities Summit 2021, the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in ... -
COVID-19: Monitoring the state of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean
More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many students of higher education institutions (HEI) in Latin America continue to be ... -
The III Virtual Forum “The New Regional Convention: challenges and opportunities for its implementation”
The III Virtual Forum “The New Regional Convention: challenges and opportunities for its implementation” will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 9:00 ... -
Webinar Financial support for higher education students in Latin America and the Caribbean during the pandemic: challenges and responses
On July 9, 2021, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO IESALC) ... -
“Higher education in Ibero-America in times of pandemic. Impact and teachers’ responses”
The Carolina Foundation publishes the book “Higher education in Ibero-America in times of pandemic. Impact and teaching responses”, which brings together a series of ... -
Extension of the deadline for reception of articles for Volume 34 of ESS Journal and its thematic dossier “Quality of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean”
The Journal Educación Superior y Sociedad ESS (Higher Education and Society) of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the ... -
University libraries facing the COVID-19 pandemic: better prepared than the university that hosts them?
By José Antonio Quinteiro Goris | The state of alarm derived from the COVID-19 pandemic was a trauma for most Latin American and Caribbean ... -
Higher Education in the recovery plans
By Francesc Pedró | It may still seem too early to start worrying about higher education’s presence in the recovery plans when millions of students ... -
Roadmap for the digital transformation of the public university
The challenge of strengthening the virtualization process of the public university and its transition from emergency remote education to virtual education continues today. In ... -
CRES COLLECTION 2018 – Regional Conference on Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. CÓRDOBA, 2018. Executive summaries
Analyzing the way in which higher education has developed, the way in which quality is defined and the challenges from the perspective of quality ... -
CRES COLLECTION 2018 – Higher Education as part of the education System in Latin America and the Caribbean. Quality and quality assurance
Although the main objective of the publication is to promote reflection on quality, the emphasis of the text is on the analysis of the ... -
PEDRÓ: “Universities have to reinvent themselves to make the leap in quality and equity” / Page 12
Within the framework of a conversation at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (Argentina), Pedró spoke with the Página 12 team. Photo Leandro ... -
UNESCO: RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS / AHORAEDUCACION.COM
The portal www.ahoraeducacion.com published the call for the course on UNESCO’s New Regional Convention. “In order to contribute to a better understanding of the ... -
New publications on equitable access, digital hubs and strategies for pedagogical continuity
Within the framework of the alliance between the Ministry of Education of Peru and UNESCO IESALC, a series of publications was presented on June ... -
Minister Cuenca: “Virtual education could be the new revolution in education” / Perú País Digital
Press Release: 16/06/2021: The Minister of Education, Ricardo Cuenca, affirmed that with the experience acquired during the pandemic it is necessary to “imagine virtual ...