Abstract

VIERA-DUARTE, Patricia; CHIANCONE, Adriana  and  LARRECHEA, Enrique Martínez. Internationalization of Higher Education and academic mobility at the public university of Uruguay. Sér.-Estud. [online]. 2020, vol.25, n.53, pp.159-183.  Epub May 12, 2020. ISSN 2318-1982.  https://doi.org/10.20435/serie-estudos.v0i0.1397.

The article proposes to describe the conceptual bases with which the University of the Republic of Uruguay (Udelar) addresses the phenomenon of the internationalization of Higher Education. An attempt is made to describe the policies and programs of regional insertion and internationalization in the period from 1985 to 2019. The work was organized based on data collected within the framework of the International Group of Studies and Research on Higher Education (GIEPES) in addition to documentary analysis. It is considered that the University of the Republic developed since 1990 proactive responses to changes in the regional and global context that were expressed in internationalization policies and practices, which prioritized the regional context. Given the peculiar conformation of Uruguayan Higher Education, in which the Udelar was historically the only public university, these policies and practices contributed to configure the national policy on the subject, as well as stably configure some of the current regional mechanisms in Higher Education. It also realizes initiatives of internationalization and integration in the Uruguayan-Brazilian border. It is concluded that the internationalization of the Udelar is the result of its internal transformation political agenda, developed since 1985, which includes the decentralization process, especially relevant in the border area. While allowing the institution to be converted, it was also a response to some strategic external challenges.

Keywords : Higher Education; internationalization; academic mobility; regional integration; decentralization.

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