The mobility of students in Central America: in search of hegemonic knowledge?

Abstract

The dynamics of Central American students’ mobility is characterized by one-way mobility to the Western countries, as centers of hegemonic knowledge, especially the United States. However, there has been an increase in academic mobility to Cuba, which suggests the emergence of an alternative space and a counterbalance to this trend. Instead, mobility towards the Central American region is domestic and peripheral, with more intraregional than foreign contributions, standing on the sidelines of university centers of scientific production.

Keywords

• movilidad internacional de estudiantes
• ecología de saberes
• índice de elegibilidad
• índice de dispersión
• universidad