The Hazards to Higher Education of Reformist Pragmatism in Cuba: Proposals for an Agenda
Por:
Garcia-Chediak, Rosa, Nedelcu, Danay Quintana
Publicada:
1 may 2022
Ahead of Print:
1 nov 2021
Resumen:
A critical study of public policy involving the 2016-2017 reforms of
higher education in Cuba points to the hazards of the pragmatic approach
to this policy evidenced in numerous educational indicators and official
discourse. Although such features are still far from possessing a
neoliberal imprint, uncontrolled pragmatism could lead to a neoliberal
trend in Cuban educational policy. Various indicators show the slow
mutation of educational policy, increasingly measured and understood as
an economic policy (in its fiscal aspects) rather than as a social one.
Un estudio critico de las politicas publicas ligadas a las reformas
cubanas a la educacion superior de (2016-2017) muestra los peligros del
enfoque pragmatico tomado por este proceso, los cuales se hacen evidente
en numerosos indicadores educativos y discursos oficiales. Aunque aun no
podemos hablar de una impronta neoliberal, el pragmatismo descontrolado
podria conducir a la politica educativa cubana en dicha direccion.
Diversos indicadores muestran la lenta mutacion de la politica
educativa, la cual se mide y entiende cada vez mas como una politica
economica (en sus aspectos fiscales) que social.
Filiaciones:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Sociol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Mexican Natl Syst Researchers & Sci Technol & Gen, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
FLACSO Mexico, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Interdisciplinary Studies Sci & Humanities, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
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