Chavez's death 'unlikely to help' Venezuelan universities

By Jack Grove. Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert. The death of Hugo Chavez is unlikely to lead to much-needed changes within Venezuela’s “isolationist” university system, a higher education expert has told an international conference. Orlando Albornoz, professor of education at the Central University of Venezuela, told delegates at Going Global, the British Council’s conference for higher education leaders, that those in charge of higher education in his country would remain deeply committed to a “different vision” of university education. Read more...