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Read about this exciting new initiative here:   http://www.innovalatino.org/documents/InnovaLatino%202011%20FINAL%20English.pdf

  DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE:   http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/eclac.pdf

Higher Education Hall of Champions Inducts First Honoree Gala to honor visionaries for contributions to Hispanic higher education The Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) will host a Silver Anniversary Gala in Texas this October to commemorate the association’s founding as the nation’s voice on behalf of Hispanic-Serving Institutions. At the gala, Antonio Rigual, [...]

10 October 2011 [USA] US sets up system for international collaboration in science Science|Business reporting The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the formation of Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI), to support collaboration among researchers and spur scientific discovery. Image: Bigstock The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced backing for Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) [...]

What Is PROPHE? PROPHE is a global network dedicated to building knowledge about one of the most striking tendencies in higher education around the world–the development of large and often vibrant private sectors. PROPHE’s knowledge mission focuses on discovery, analysis, and dissemination, as well as creation of an international base of researchers . PROPHE neither [...]

First Regional Integration Seminar – Lima, Peru Tagged: Meeting Date: Sunday, 6 November, 2011 – 00:00 – Wednesday, 9 November, 2011 – 00:00 Between 6-9 November, the First Regional Integration Seminar of the Alfa PUENTES Project will take place in Lima, Peru. 15 EU and 40 LA representatives will gather in order to discuss: Quality [...]

  Brazil’s Sao Paulo University, USP, ranks as the top higher education institution in Latin America according to a list published by QS, and which includes universities from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina. Sao Paulo University ranked in six of seven indicators USP is followed by Chile’s Catholic University, Brazil’s Campinas State University (Unicamp), [...]

Universities in Latin America The struggle to make the grade If only more of the region’s higher-education institutions were like the University of São Paulo Oct 8th 2011 | SÃO PAULO | from the print edition   LATIN AMERICA boasts some giant universities and a few venerable ones: the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and [...]

  IOHE Mission of Vice-Presidents and Directors of Canadian universities to Brazil   Canadian members are invited to register before October 15, 2011!   The IOHE is pleased to invite you to take part in the IOHE Mission of Vice-Presidents and Directors of Canadian universities to Brazil, which will be held from 28th November to [...]

Download this thesis  (open access) here: https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/8370/1/02Whole_Jones.pdf