Private Universities in Latin America

1. Introduction
Jorge Enrique Delgado, Gustavo Gregorutti

Part I. Regulatory Environment Impacting Research Productivity in Latin America

2. Research as a New Challenge for the Latin American Private University
Claudio Rama, Gustavo Gregorutti

3. Latin American Private Universities in the Context of Competition and Research Productivity
Jorge Enrique Delgado

4. Quality Assurance and Public Policy Research Funding
Ana García Fanelli, Ángela Corengia

5. Institutional Frameworks and Scientific Productivity in Chile and Colombia, 1950–2012
Pedro Pineda

Part II. Successful Cases of Research Productivity at Private Universities

6. A Research and Innovation Ecosystem Model for Private Universities
Francisco J Cantú-Ortiz

7. The Emergence of the Puebla State Popular Autonomous University as a Successful Mexican Research University
Stephen P Wanger, Édgar Apanecatl-Ibarra

8. Central American Outliers
Nanette Svenson

9. Research and Knowledge Production in the Private Sector
Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Antonio José Botelho

10. Contributions from a Private University in Peru
José Anicama, José Livia

11. Research and Incentives
Marcelo Rabossi

12. Private University Strategies to Promote Knowledge Production
Enrique Martínez Larrechea, Adriana Chiancone

13. Conclusion
Gustavo Gregorutti, Jorge Enrique Delgado

Nyckelord: Education, International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Latin American Culture, Educational Policy and Politics, Ethnicity Studies, Administration, Organization and Leadership