Jorge Grünberg on creating entrepreneurs The rector of ORT Uruguay, cradle to the country’s first ‘unicorns’, talks about fostering an entrepreneurship mindset in a risk-averse society By Tiya Thomas-Alexander 4 July
Latin America University Rankings 2023: results announced Chile is poised to lead on internationalisation, thanks to national funding boost By Tiya Thomas-Alexander 4 July
Latin America Summit: universities expand indigenous access work Institutions offer more support to tackle historically low participation rates By Tom Williams 4 July
To avoid ‘permacrisis’, universities must translate their knowledge Science may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions – but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba By Carolina Torrealba 30 May
Peruvian students ‘radicalised’ by raid eye deeper reforms Protesters set sights on those seen as responsible for low-quality education after raid on country’s most important university By Tom Williams 24 February
Scepticism as US senator plans university in Latin America Proposed act to strengthen ties between neighbouring continents would be seen as too ideological and unworkable, say experts By Tom Williams 27 January
Bolsonaro’s defeat ‘ends Brazil’s pariah status’ in science Populist right-wing leader leaves office with public universities facing bankruptcy and country polarised By Tom Williams 5 November
Polarised Brazil debates future of racial quotas at public universities Decade-old policy has dramatically changed the make-up of institutions, but critics claim it is unfair and unconstitutional By Sarah O’Sullivan 4 November
Chile’s constitutional impasse frustrates higher education reform Comprehensive rejection of ‘Magna Carta’ leaves radical government ‘paralysed’ as key issues go unaddressed By Tom Williams 14 October
Brazilian academics hopeful but realistic as Bolsonaro nears end Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders By Tom Williams 26 September
Antonio Meirelles: connecting research to a country's challenges Unicamp’s rector discusses harnessing the power of one of the continent’s most research-intensive universities for the public good By Tom Williams 6 September
Latin America University Rankings 2022: countries on the rise Analysis of the average score by country over the past five years By Rosa Ellis 14 July