To export progress : the golden age of university assistance in the Americas / Daniel C. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Daniel C.

Series:

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational assistance, American--Latin America--History--20th century.

Educational assistance, American.

Economic assistance, American--Latin America--History--20th century.

Economic assistance, American.

Education, Higher--Latin America.

Education, Higher.

Educational change--Latin America.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"An immensely valuable and detailed analysis of foreign, mainly American, assistance to Latin American higher education, To Export Progress provides an understanding of the 'what' and the 'why' of foreign aid to a key sector. This book will be a classic in its field." -- Philip G. Altbach, Monan Professor of Higher Education, Boston College "Professor Daniel C. Levy, a leading authority in the field of higher education and the nonprofit sector in Latin America, once again has opened an otherwise neglected field through his carefully researched and reported study of philanthropic support for university reform in the region. Drawing on a wealth of archival material, documentary evidence, interviews, and first hand experience with the actors and agencies involved, To Export Progress illuminates the vision and ideals inspiring international agencies, as much as the realities they confronted in deciding on grants and loans policy, from the 1960s to the 1980s. The book is strongly recommended for scholars and students of international education, for Latin American experts, and for philanthropic managers and educational administrators in the developing world." -- Jorge Balan, Senior Program Officer for Higher Education, The Ford Foundation. In this study of the attempts to export the modern Western university, its ideas, and its form to the Third World, Daniel C. Levy examines the development assistance provided by the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank and their relations with local partners in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s. Levy considers the funders, how they selected partners, which countries and institutions were favored, and to what effect. Based on meticulous research and careful analysis, the book provides a detailed look at philanthropic assistance to the region

during the era of modernization and development in Latin America.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms

Introduction: To Export Progress

One Perspectives on Change

Two Givers and Receivers

Three Modernizing the System: Diversificationand Expansion

Four Institution Building: Centralizing the University

Five Academic Work

Six Promise and Performance in Exporting Progress

Detailed Table of Contents

Appendixes

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-392) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07177-7

9786612071775

0-253-11140-4

OCLC:

475993045