UNESCO-IESALC

Main Menu

  • The Institute
  • Priorities
    • Internationalization and Academic Mobility
      • Recognition of Academic Degrees
      • New Regional Convention
      • Practical information for recognition by country
    • Quality and relevance
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • Innovation
    • From #CRES2018 to #WHEC2022
      • Regional Consultation for the #WHEC2022
  • Programs
    • Research
      • Futures of Higher Education
      • Academic Mobility
      • Response to COVID-19
      • The Right to Higher Education
      • SDGs
    • Capacity building
      • Campus IESALC
      • EDS Bootcamp 2022
    • Technical cooperation
      • Educational continuity in Peru (PMESUT)
    • Concerted advocacy
  • Publications
    • IESALC Publications
    • ESS Open Journal System
    • CRES 2018 Collection
  • Events
  • Español

logo

  • The Institute
  • Priorities
    • Internationalization and Academic Mobility
      • Recognition of Academic Degrees
      • New Regional Convention
      • Practical information for recognition by country
    • Quality and relevance
    • Equity and Inclusion
    • Innovation
    • From #CRES2018 to #WHEC2022
      • Regional Consultation for the #WHEC2022
  • Programs
    • Research
      • Futures of Higher Education
      • Academic Mobility
        • Virtual Student Mobility
      • Response to COVID-19
        • Reopening maps
      • The Right to Higher Education
      • SDGs
    • Capacity building
      • Campus IESALC
      • EDS Bootcamp 2022
    • Technical cooperation
      • Educational continuity in Peru (PMESUT)
    • Concerted advocacy
  • Publications
    • IESALC Publications
    • ESS Open Journal System
    • CRES 2018 Collection
  • Events
  • Español

The futures of higher education were discussed in Lima

The Universidad en Internet (UNIR) held last May, in Lima, the Congress “The Futures of Higher Education”, with the participation of 40 universities and institutions, including UNESCO IESALC represented by its director, Francesc Pedró. The event served to reflect on the great challenges facing higher education, as a result of digitization and changes arising from the pandemic. It was attended by the mayor of Lima, Miguel Romero; the president of UNIR, Rafael Puyol; the rector of UNIR, José María Vázquez; the Spanish ambassador to Peru, Alejandro Enrique Alvargonzález; the secretary general of the OEI, Mariano Jabonero, among other personalities. Pedró […]
©
27 June, 2022

The Universidad en Internet (UNIR) held last May, in Lima, the Congress “The Futures of Higher Education”, with the participation of 40 universities and institutions, including UNESCO IESALC represented by its director, Francesc Pedró.

The event served to reflect on the great challenges facing higher education, as a result of digitization and changes arising from the pandemic.

It was attended by the mayor of Lima, Miguel Romero; the president of UNIR, Rafael Puyol; the rector of UNIR, José María Vázquez; the Spanish ambassador to Peru, Alejandro Enrique Alvargonzález; the secretary general of the OEI, Mariano Jabonero, among other personalities.

Pedró analyzed the outlook for higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean, full of achievements but also with great challenges. He pointed out that the World Conference on Higher Education, held in May in Barcelona (Spain), reaffirmed two clear principles: that higher education is a public good and that it is a right for all people throughout their lives.

After the pandemic, the region will lose, according to estimates, between 10 and 15% of students -especially women and those with fewer resources-, and it has also resulted in learning losses and has brought about socio-emotional problems, which will require recovery processes.

He pointed out that the enrollment rate has increased significantly to 25%, from only 10% a couple of decades ago. However, it is necessary to support those students with fewer resources, whose probabilities of entering and completing their studies are 7 times, and even up to 18 times lower than in developed regions.


SHARE

RELATED ITEMS

TagsFutures of Higher EducationNews

Other recent press releases

  • Futures of Higher EducationNews

    HE should prepare students for life not just livelihood / University World News

    31 May, 2021
    By Yara Bastidas
  • From the CRES 2018 to WHEC 2022News

    Applications of artificial intelligence in higher education

    8 June, 2022
    By Claudia Delgado Barrios
  • From the CRES 2018 to WHEC 2022

    UNESCO presented in Barcelona the 3rd World Higher Education Conference: “Reinventing Higher Education for a Sustainable Future”

    1 December, 2021
    By Yara Bastidas
  • From the CRES 2018 to WHEC 2022

    WHEC2022 set a roadmap for higher education for the next decade

    20 May, 2022
    By Claudia Delgado Barrios
  • Flowers and bee
    Capacity Building

    Call for proposals for the Learning Design and Education for Sustainable Development #ESDBootcamp 2022

    4 October, 2021
    By Yara Bastidas
  • pantalla de ordenador
    Concerted Advocacy

    Verdict of the contest for a new logo

    30 November, 2021
    By Sara Maneiro

  • Covid19Internationalization and Academic Mobility

    Call: Virtual Mobility Space in Higher Education

  • News

    New convention will address poor intra-regional mobility / University World News

  • Futures of Higher EducationNews

    #HigherEdFutures project enters next phase | Proyecto #FuturosEdSup entra en su próxima fase

UNESCO IESALC applies a zero tolerance policy against all forms of harassment

OUR NEWSLETTER

  Subscribe to our newsletter   

FOLLOW US

  •   Facebook
  •   Twitter
  •   Linkedin
  •   Instagram
  •   Youtube
  • © UNESCO IESALC 2021
  • Disclaimer of use
  • Website Privacy Notice
  • Opportunities
  • Contact us