South America

Universities face long road to recovery even if Lula is victorious, say sector leaders

Unicamp’s rector discusses harnessing the power of one of the continent’s most research-intensive universities for the public good

Analysis of the average score by country over the past five years 

Emerging from the pandemic, in a region beset by authoritarian leaders and poverty, universities remain resilient. Rosa Ellis writes

Chilean university leads list for fourth consecutive year, but Brazil is top-performing country overall

Multidisciplinary teamwork is helping tackle problems in Latin America, but barriers remain 

Efficient and effective short-cycle higher education programmes could provide students with better outcomes and supply the region with a skilled workforce, says María Marta Ferreyra

Higher education in Venezuela has suffered with the rest of the country, but Juan Carlos Navarro identifies pockets of hope in the sector

The president of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discusses budget cuts and encouraging interdisciplinarity

The consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic still pose challenges to higher education systems with structural inequalities, says Mónica Marquina

Vote on whether to accept constitution that would overturn decades of private-led education said to be on a knife-edge

South American universities catching up with rest of the world on homeworking practices, according to THE data