At a Crossroads: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ferreyra, María Marta; Avitabile, Ciro; Alvarez, Javier Botero; Paz, Francisco Haimovich; Urzúa, Sergio

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“…50 LEARNING BETTER graduation. About 50 percent of the students who start a 4-year program and 64 percent of those who begin shorter programs eventually drop out (Ferreyra et al, 2017).…”

Section: Skills: a Race To The Topmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The number of institutions and programs has increased substantially. Over the past decade, the number of institutions in Mexico and Brazil increased by 50 percent and almost 100 percent, respectively (Ferreyra et al, 2017). This increase was largely due to a surge in the number of private providers.…”

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“…Importantly, technical and technological (TT) programs expanded greatly. Enrollment in these programs increased from 435,000 to 3 million students between 2000 and 2013 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico (Ferreyra et al, 2017). Currently, one out of five higher education students in Latin America and the Caribbean is enrolled in a technical or technological program (OECD, CAF, and ECLAC, 2014).…”

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“…These gains may come, however, at the expense of enrollment. Only students who are likely to graduate take out student loans (Ferreyra et al, 2017).…”

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“…50 LEARNING BETTER graduation. About 50 percent of the students who start a 4-year program and 64 percent of those who begin shorter programs eventually drop out (Ferreyra et al, 2017).Naturally, increasing school enrollment rates translated into a labor force with more years of schooling. The average years of education increased from essentially zero in the early twentieth century to nine years of education on average today (Figure 3.2, Panel B).…”

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Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development

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Cristia²,

Hincapié³

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons IGO 3.0 AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-IGO BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO) license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/legalcode) and may be reproduced with attribution to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and for any non-commercial purpose. No derivative work is allowed.Any dispute related to the use of the works of the IDB that cannot be settled amicably shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the UNCITRAL rules. The use of the IDB's name for any purpose other than for attribution, and the use of IDB's logo shall be subject to a separate written license agreement between the IDB and the user and is not authorized as part of this CC-IGO license. Note that link provided above includes additional terms and conditions of the license.The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Inter-American Development Bank, its Board of Directors, or the countries they represent. Preface New technologies that are fusing the physical, digital, and biological worlds are impacting all industries, countries, and individuals. This so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will change the way we live and transform the way we work. Preparing this and future generations of workers for a fast-changing world is not only desirable, it's essential. At the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) we know that a key ingredient to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean is having the right skills to face the challenges of this new era. For this reason, we dedicated the 2017 edition of our flagship publication, Development in the Americas (DIA), to studying this topic and to proposing evidence-based solutions to address this critical problem.Undoubtedly, our region will be heavily impacted by sweeping trends around the world. Artificial intelligence, automation, the Internet of Things, 3D printing, and autonomous vehicles are not science fiction anymore. They are real and available in many parts of the world and beginning to find their way to Latin America and the Caribbean. These new trends are changing our jobs and the way we work. The full impact of these changes is still unknown, but clearly there will be a fundamental transformation in the way businesses do their business and workers do their work.A phrase by Robin Chase (co-founder of Zipcar) is telling: "My father had one job in his lifetime, I will have six jobs in my lifetime, and my children will have six jobs at the same time." Not only will our work not be a 9-to-5 job, but we will also not have the same job for our entire life. The Fourth Industrial Revolution will impose continuous and fast changes that will imply new challenges.A central challenge is how to prepare the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow. I am optimistic because one of the region's principal assets is its people's talent. But much must be done, starting with helping the many workers in the labor force today find good jobs, and stay updated on t...

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“…50 LEARNING BETTER graduation. About 50 percent of the students who start a 4-year program and 64 percent of those who begin shorter programs eventually drop out (Ferreyra et al, 2017).…”

Section: Skills: a Race To The Topmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: More Degrees More Programs More Providersmentioning

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“…These gains may come, however, at the expense of enrollment. Only students who are likely to graduate take out student loans (Ferreyra et al, 2017).…”

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