University-Industry Relations in Bolivia: Implications for University Transformations in Latin America

Autor/inn/en	Vega-Jurado, Jaider; Fernandez-de-Lucio, Ignacio; Huanca, Ronald
Titel	University-Industry Relations in Bolivia: Implications for University Transformations in Latin America
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 56 (2008) 2, S.205-220 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-007-9098-9
Schlagwörter	School Business Relationship; Problems; Public Colleges; College Faculty; Teacher Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Scientific Research; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Bolivia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemsituation; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Bolivien
Abstract	This article examines the implications of how academics respond to the debate on the production of knowledge and its transfer to the productive sector, for the transformation of Latin American universities. The empirical analysis is based on a survey of 349 lecturers from Bolivian public universities, which inquired into aspects of university-industry relations (UIR). Although the results indicate that lecturers are in favour of relations with firms, there are several barriers to such relationships, such as lack of institutional support, generally unfavourable atmosphere in universities, and an industrial structure comprising few firms in knowledge-intensive sectors and firms with low absorptive capacity. In the context of Bolivia, unlike what occurs in developed countries, UIR have been configured around scientifically unimportant activities--technological support and internship schemes to place students in firms--which has had a negative effect on the consolidation of research, an academic activity, to which lecturers devote little of their time. The results of our study show the tensions that exist in efforts to change the university model; there is a reluctance to intensify the commercialisation of research results, and a lack of enthusiasm for introducing complex relationship mechanisms, such as the creation of hybrid structures. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10