Abstract
Latin America tends to attract little attention for its higher education and research capacity; Central America tends to be forgotten altogether. This is not surprising since statistics for the subregion in these areas are not impressive. None of Central America’s universities appear in the international rankings; few of its university professors hold accredited PhDs; and Central America accounts for less than 0.05 percent of global research and development (R&D) expenditures and only 0.07 of all Science Citation Index publications (Svenson 2012). In spite of these figures, however, there are pockets of dynamic academic activity and collections of institutions that are consistently producing valuable research, especially applied research in areas critical for national and regional development.
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Svenson, N. (2015). Central American Outliers. In: Gregorutti, G., Delgado, J.E. (eds) Private Universities in Latin America. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137479389_8
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