LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN - The pandemic is hindering access and retention in Higher Education by María Elena Hurtado

Title:

The pandemic is hindering access and retention in HE

 

Author:

María Elena Hurtado

Published:

University World News, 21 November 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201121101510828

From the article:

“We still have a long road to travel before having universal access to higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is despite the fact that access has more than doubled in two decades from a gross rate of 23% in 2000 to 53% in 2018.”  

 

This statement by Francesc Pedró, director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, was the parting shot of the conference “Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Disadvantaged Populations in the Latin American and Caribbean Region in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

See also:

Access of the most disadvantaged to higher education is a challenge to face in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Published:

IESALC, UNESCO, 19 November 2020

https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/2020/11/19/access-of-the-most-disadvantaged-to-higher-education-is-a-challenge-to-face-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/