Polish Semielite Private Institutions

Joanna Musial-Sadilek
2015 International Higher Education  
rather than cooperating and seeks to attain immediate benefits from the relationship. Profits from occasional opportunities are favored over well-planned projects. In the Latin American context, obstacles to the functioning of international organizations are caused by the diverse education laws and regulations in each state and even within a country. The lack of protagonists among local actors affects the decision-making process over education and cultural policies for central bureaucratic
more » ... es. A number of financial difficulties affecting international organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean have been cited in official documents, seminars, and publications. Financial budgets based principally on variable incomes originated mainly from specific projects and programs. Fixed incomes generated by membership quotas are limited and less predictable. A high competition exists for funds available from international agencies. International support tends to prioritize African and eastern European countries. Only restricted funding is available for international organizations and the member universities. The short-term benefits, principally monetary, are perceived as a basis for links between member universities and the operating organization. Conclusion To solve these difficulties and consolidate and improve levels of performance, Latin American and Caribbean international university organizations have adopted measures. The policy would call for working on projects, to take advantage of the increasing offer of specific grants. The organizations would function as networks. Each one would try to adopt clearly defined institutional profiles, courses of action, and advantages. Internal mechanisms need to be generated to compete for economic resources. The management group will require professionalization. Aspects such as graduate studies, research education, distance education, and information technology represent programs of high institutional profile. Bilateral, rather than multilateral relations, are preferred as a result of organizational difficulties of combining several partners in cooperation programs. Bilateral relations also facilitate specific and concrete short-run agreements. The internationalization of Latin American and Caribbean universities as well as other aspects of their institutions are still limited. The conflicts must be solved to enable these institutions to take advantage of the increasing value of international affairs, as a result of globalization and the development of information and communications technologies.
doi:10.6017/ihe.2009.56.8444 fatcat:y7aeyvbrxrchlf323zhctkuwd4