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Higher education in a lost decade

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    Simon Schwartzman

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Professor of political science, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, University of São Paulo; Scientific Director, Nucleo de Pesquisas sobre Educação Superior (NUPES, University of São Paulo); President, from 1989 to 1991 of the Brazilian Sociological Association. Author or co-author of numerous articles and publications, among them: Universidade Brasileira: organização e problemas; A pesquisa universitaria em questãoand The Development of the Scientific Community in Brazil.

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Schwartzman, S. Latin America. Prospects 21, 363–373 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02336444

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