The purpose of this article is to analyze the present tendencies and characteristics, as well as the present and future perspectives of the process of internationalization in Latin American universities, in light of the results yielded by studies carried out in the region by the World Bank and the European Commission. Emphasis will be placed on the extent to which the characteristics specific to the universities in the region, product of their particular sociohistorical situation, and the challenges and shortcomings they present at the beginning of the 21st century, hinder or help their response and ability to adapt to the global context.
De Wit, H., Jaramillo, I., Gacel-Ávila, J., & Knight, J. (2005). Higher education in Latin America. The international dimension. Washington, DC: World Bank.
2.
Delors, J. (1997) Learning: The treasure within. Paris: UNESCO.
3.
Gacel-Ávila, J. (2003). La internacionalización de la educación superior. Paradigma para la ciudadanía global [The internationalization of higher education: Paradigm for the global citizenship]. México: Universidad de Guadalajara.
4.
Holm-Nielsen, L., Thorn, K., Brunner, J.J., & Balán, J. (2005). Regional and international challenge to higher education in Latin America. In H. De Wit, I. Jaramillo, J. Gacel-Ávila , & J. Knight (Eds.), Higher education in Latin America. The international dimension (pp. 39-69). Washington, DC: World Bank.
5.
Institute for International Education. (2003 ). Open doors: Report on international education exchange. New York: Author.
6.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (2004) Education at a glance Indicators. Paris: Author.
7.
Salmi, J. (2001). Tertiary education in the twenty-first century: Challenges and opportunities. Higher Education Management and Policy, 3 (2), 105-130.
8.
Schwartzman, S. (1999). Latin America: National response to world challenge in higher education. In P. Altbach & P. McGill Peterson (Eds.), Higher education in the twenty-first century: Global challenge and national response (IIE Research Report No. 29, pp. 47-58). New York: Institute of International Education.
9.
Tünnermann, C. (1998, July/December). La declaración mundial sobre la educación superior en el siglo XXI. [World declaration on higher education in the 21st century]. Universidades, 16, 3-21.
10.
Van der Wende, M. (1997). Missing links: The relationship between national policies for internationalisation and those for higher education in general . In T. Kälvermark & M. Van der Wende (Eds.), National policies for the internationalisation of higher education in Europe (pp. 10-38). Stockholm : Högskoleverket Studies, National Agency for Higher Education.
11.
World Bank. (2002). Constructing knowledge societies: New challenges for tertiary education. Washington, DC: World Bank.
