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ERIC Number: EJ659865
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Latin American Universities, Academic Freedom and Autonomy: A Long-Term Myth?
de Figueiredo-Cowen, Maria
Comparative Education, v38 n4 p471-84 Nov 2002
Explores issues of academic freedom and autonomy in various systems of higher education in Latin America, with emphasis on the Brazilian case. Analyzes the issues of financial and administrative autonomy and tensions between the universities and the state during three historical periods: 1920s-50s, 1960s-70s, and 1980s-90s. (Contains 28 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Role, Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Politics of Education, Universities
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil; Latin America
Note: Theme issue title: "Latin America and Educational Transfer" (special number 26).