Private Universities in the era of COVID-19 from a Latin-American perspective

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  • Dante Javier Salto University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61203/2347-0658.v10.n2.32539

Keywords:

University; pandemic;, public policy

Abstract

Universities that depend on charging tuition fees have been proportionally more affected by the pandemic than those institutions that are supported by government funding. This article focuses on exploring the situation of the private sector in countries such as Argentina where the governmental contribution to private universities is minimal, while its public peers are financed by the national government. Through relevant comparisons with other Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, and Mexico), this article shows evidence of how public policies and the effects of the pandemic on university institutions differed between the public and private sectors. Likewise, within the private sector, elite universities have differentiated themselves from their non-elite peers. These further differentiation within the private sector depicts a university system that, far from being monolithic, presents not only significant differences between the public and private sectors, but also within the private sector.

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Author Biography

Dante Javier Salto, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dante J. Salto is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He obtained his doctorate and master's degree in Educational Policy and Administration from the State University of New York-Albany (SUNY) and his bachelor's degree from the National University of Córdoba. He participates as a researcher in various research projects and as Associate Researcher in the Private Higher Education Research Program (PROPHE) based at SUNY. His research focuses on the study of international and comparative Higher Education policies, with a special focus on Latin America, and on the intersection between processes of regulation, privatization and quality assurance. He has published articles in academic journals, book chapters, and in specialized encyclopedias.

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2021-03-24 — Updated on 2021-07-25

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Salto, D. J. (2021). Private Universities in the era of COVID-19 from a Latin-American perspective. Integración Y Conocimiento, 10(2), 185–202. https://doi.org/10.61203/2347-0658.v10.n2.32539

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021): Integración y Conocimiento

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Dossier especial: La Educación Superior en tiempos de Pandemia

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