Virtual international mobility as an inclusion strategy: Case of the Latin American Academic Exchange Program 2018-2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v36i1.848
Keywords: Virtualization; internationalization; higher education; international mobility

Abstract

The internationalization of Higher Education institutions and teaching in virtual environments are not new processes, but they have acquired other characteristics in recent decades due to systemic changes. The coupling of both has resulted in a programmatic strategy such as the Latin American Academic Exchange Program (PILA), whose analysis will be carried out in the course of the text. Therefore, the objective is to evaluate the conditions generated through the PILA in its virtual version to broaden the material base of the internationalization process. To this end, the statistics of the PILA program in the period 2018-2022 have been taken as a basis, which will be reviewed under three dimensions of analysis, namely: the interference that government policies have had, the role that institutions have fulfilled, and the adherence of the students to the proposal.

Author Biography

Elizabeth López Bidone, National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires (UNICEN), Tandil, Argentina

PhD in Education (UNICEN-FCH); Master in Social Sciences (UNICEN-FCH). Specialist in University Management (UNMP- FCE). Degree in International Relations (UNICEN-FCH). Adjunct Professor of the Department of International Relations of the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN- FCH). Director of the University Diploma in Policy and Management of International University Cooperation (UNICEN- FCH). Coordinator of the International Area of UNICEN- FCH. Member of the Permanent Staff of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on International and Local Issues (CEIPIL). Researcher categorized in the Incentive Program (SPU).

Published
2024-06-30
How to Cite
Lopez Bidone , E. C. (2024). Virtual international mobility as an inclusion strategy: Case of the Latin American Academic Exchange Program 2018-2022. Higher Education and Society Journal (ESS), 36(1), 285-309. https://doi.org/10.54674/ess.v36i1.848
Issue
Vol 36 No 1 (2024): Higher education governance, government and management
Section
General section articles

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