Trajectory and policies for inclusion in higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the pandemic: Two decades of progress and challenges
Abstract
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the data show an extraordinary increase in access to higher education programmes. However, many population groups have been left behind and have seen their right to access to higher education violated. It is essential to monitor progress in terms of inclusion at this level of education, as well as to strengthen and deepen policies and strategies to ensure equal opportunities for access, retention and completion. This document presents an analysis of the evolution of higher education in the region and identifies various national inclusion policies according to the axes described in the document The social inequality matrix in Latin America, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (2016).
Abstract
Abstract .-- Introduction .-- I. Towards the universal right to higher education as the axis of a policy for inclusion .-- II. Overview of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean .-- III. Trajectory of inclusion in accessing and completing higher education according
to vulnerability linked to income, sex, geographical location and ethnicity/race .-- IV. Public policies for inclusion in access to higher education in some countries of Latin American and the Caribbean .-- V. Challenges for equality and inclusion in higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of the pandemic .-- VI. Challenges and proposals for strengthening inclusion in higher education
in Latin America and the Caribbean in uncertain times.
ECLAC Subtopics
EDUCATION ; INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT ; INEQUALITY ; SOCIAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES ; SOCIAL RIGHTSUnited Nations Subtopics
EDUCATION ; HIGHER EDUCATION ; EQUALITY ; ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ; RIGHT TO EDUCATION ; EDUCATIONAL POLICY ; SOCIAL POLICYCountry / Region
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANProject(s)
Project “Enhancing Human Capacities Throughout the Life Cycle for Equality and Productivity”Collections
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