Higher education in a vacuum: stress and reform in Ecuador.

Autor/in	Jameson, Kenneth P.
Titel	Higher education in a vacuum: stress and reform in Ecuador.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 33 (1997) 3, S. 265-281Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 22; Tabellen 2
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1023/A:1002992020931
Schlagwörter	Staat; Finanzen; Hochschulpolitik; Hochschulreform; Hochschulunterricht; Hochschule; Freie Trägerschaft; Ecuador
Abstract	Ecuador's higher education system ... provides an opportunity to view a reform process occuring in a vacuum of central government influence and authority, one whose direction is largely set by the universities in response to perceived stresses. Those stresses arise from the differentiation of the system in the last decade, questions about the role of higher education in Ecuador, and the absence of governmental direction. ... The paper notes the case for the importance of higher education and the new theoretical support for higher education that endogenous growth models provide. It then examines the self-generated reform process which is occuring in Ecuador in the areas of teaching, of student access and of university finance. The final issue addressed is the relation between these changes, with their important implications for transforming the higher education system, and the development needs of Educador. There are many positive elements to the reform process which will contribute to development. However, until the government policy vacuum is filled, their potential benefit will remain only partially realized. (DIPF/Abstract übernommen)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)