66.012 - Democratization and Inclusion in Higher Education: Latin American Experiences

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Although most Latin American countries have increased their coverage rates of higher education, there is an unequal distribution of the access as less economically disadvantaged populations have lower participation rates in higher education. In this context, this symposium presents and disccues how the issues of democratization and inclusión in higher education have been addressed in Mexico, and how first-generation students and faculty negotiate issues of diversity, equity, and includion in Chile.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Chair

• Angélica Buendía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Papers

• Equality, Inclusion, and Equity in Higher Education in Mexico: The Budget Situation and the Pending Agenda Items - Dinorah Miller, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

• Toward Democratic Chilean Higher Education Policies: Diversity and Inclusion Through the Voices of Students and Professors - Andrea Flanagan-Borquez, Univeridad de Valparaiso; AnaLuisa Munoz-Garcia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Discussant

• Sarah A. Robert, University at Buffalo - SUNY