Peru and its new challenge in higher education: Towards a research university

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Published Aug 19, 2017
DOI https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i1.2287

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Carlos Lavalle

Abstract

The paradigm of research universities linked to the emergence of university rankings has unified and universalized the criteria
relating to the quality of higher education. This situation has led to multiple responses across global society, which has started
rating the quality of higher education systems through these rankings, supported by a series of indicators aligned to the
characteristics of research universities. Given that the quality of a country’s higher education is one of the fundamental pillars
of its development, many countries have started to take government action in this respect. In the case of Peru, the response
has been quick, with law 30220 being approved in 2014. It aims to regulate the quality of higher education through a series of
specific conditions. By using a Delphi panel, this study analyzes the existing relationship between the conditions set out in law
30220 and the research universities’ intrinsic characteristics.


Keywords: Research University; rankings; Peru; higher education; law 30220.

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Vol 4 No 1 (2017): Selected Papers of 9th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2017)
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