The dilemmas of the rector: the case of the Universidad EAFIT

Authors

  • Alvaro Pineda Botero Universidad EAFIT

Keywords:

Higher education, Science tool, Teaching-learning process, Social context, Universidad EAFIT

Abstract

In this work, the author analices how has changed the academic life in institutions of Higher Education as a consequence of Globalization and Postmodernity. The argument is built from the point of view of UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT of Medellín, Colombia. Besides, the work is an invitation delivered to university administrators to discuss and evaluate the new philosophical paradigms that give sense to their mission; to evaluate the new technologies that are changing their traditional roll as educators, and to consider their options to mantain the academic autonomy, as the only guaranty of excelence in the contemporary world.

Author Biography

  • Alvaro Pineda Botero, Universidad EAFIT
    Administrador de Negocios, UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT. MBA Syracuse University, N.Y. Doctor en Literatura, SUNY at Stony Brook, N.Y. Es autor de obras de creación literaria, crítica literaria, ensayo y numerosos artículos de investigación. Actualmente es Profesor investigador del departamento de Humanidades de la UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT.

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Published

2012-08-06

Issue

No. 8 (2003): Los dilemas del rector: el caso de la Universidad EAFIT

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