The role of Higher Education in Latin America in the Post 2015 Agenda

In preparation for the International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Nagoya 9 November 2014, and the UNESCO World Conference on ESD, Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November 2014, IAU prepared a special issue of IAU Horizons on The role of higher education in the post 2015 Development Agenda. Download Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.
The role of Higher Education in Latin America in the Post 2015 Agenda - by Roberto Escalante and Orlando Delgado
The objectives of the Millennium Development Goals have been the road map of an ambitious plan to fight poverty, hunger and diseases, to protect the environment and to expand education and basic health, and empowering women. All these were designed in the context of and to mobilize a global alliance for development. The results are encouraging. Poverty has been reduced by half. More girls attend school and have a healthier life. Moreover, more families have access to clean water and more mothers survive giving birth. There have been big advances in the control of malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases. More in Horizons Vol. 20 N° 3, November 2014.