Las universidades interculturales en México, logros y retos de un nuevo subsistema de educación superior.

The Intercultural Universities in Mexico, Achievements and Challenges of a New Subsystem of Higher Education.

UNIVERSITIES & colleges; HIGHER education; EDUCATION; MULTICULTURALISM; MULTICULTURAL education

In this article we analyze the so-called intercultural universities as a new kind of higher education institution which arises from the confluence of neoliberal multiculturalism policy, on the one hand, and experiments with innovative intercultural and decolonial educational approaches, on the other hand. We revise critical aspects of the educational model underlying intercultural universities, particularly focusing on their educational programs, their didactics, the role played by different languages and the features of their academic staff, students and graduates. For this purpose, we sum up research from different states of the art, from empirical research projects and from annually organized, inter-institutional seminars on intercultural universities. Our analysis pinpoints shared tensions and contradictions, but also identifies different types of intercultural universities. We conclude with some recommendations for intercultural higher education policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este artículo analiza las denominadas universidades interculturales como un nuevo tipo de institución de educación superior que surge en la confluencia entre una política pública de multiculturalismo neoliberal, por un lado, y experimentos con innovaciones educativas con enfoque intercultural y descolonial, por otro lado. Revisamos aspectos críticos del modelo educativo de las universidades interculturales, enfocándonos particularmente en su oferta educativa, sus didácticas y el papel otorgado a las diferentes lenguas, así como en las características de sus docentes, estudiantes y egresados. Para tal propósito se revisan estados del arte, investigaciones empíricas y datos sistematizados a lo largo de seminarios inter-institucionales anualmente organizados sobre universidades interculturales. El análisis permite identificar tensiones y contradicciones generales, pero igualmente diferentes tipos de universidades interculturales. Concluimos con algunas recomendaciones para las políticas de educación superior intercultural. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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