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Ask the Experts: Higher Education

By Arturo Cherbowski Lask, Francisco Suarez Hernandez, Amgad Shehata, Salvador Alva Gómez Salvador

What should be done to improve standardization for degrees and disciplines for higher education in the Americas?

Artur Cherbowski Lask answers:

It’s important to keep in mind that a region consists of different countries, each with its own needs and strengths, and bound to its particular culture and history—although tied firmly to a common, shared history and culture. In this mosaic, universities try to respond to their regional, national and local demands. Thus, the fields of knowledge and particular disciplines that each university develops answer to specific needs.

For this reason, instead of speaking about standardization of degrees and disciplines, it would be more...

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