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Gil-Anton, Manuel
- Professor
- Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
- Department of Sociology
- Mexico
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| Manuel Gil-Antón works at Autonomous
Metropolitan University, (UAM, in Mexico City) since
24 years ago. His current position is Full Professor
in Sociology Department in Iztapalpa Campus and
has been academic adviser to the President regarding
the topic of Academic Profession in UAM since 2001;
also, has been member of the President's Office
Advisory Board during the last 15 years.
His major field of research interest is the Academic
Profession in Mexico and in a comparative perspective.
He was the founder and first Head of the Area
of the Sociology of Universities in Azcapotzalco
Campus of UAM.
Dr. Gil-Anton is member of the National Research
System, level II; regular member of the Mexican
Council for Educational Research and the Mexican
Academy of Sciences, and has received several
awards: in 2001, he was Claremont Graduate University's
Howard R. Bowen Lecturer; in 1997 received the
ANUIES award to the best research paper on Higher
Education and, in 1997 too, the LASA - FORD award
for Research on Higher Education in Latin America.
He has been member of diverse international research
groups: The Academic Profession in a Changing
International Environment, 2002-2003; The International
Project on the Academic Profession in 14 Countries,
sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching, 1992-1996, and other national and
institutional research groups: coordinator of
a Study Group regarding the Academic Career in
UAM, founded by the President of UAM, 2002-2004
and Head of the Interinstitutional Research Team
on Mexican Academics, 1991-1994.
Selected Publications
- Gil-Antón, Manuel (2003) "Big
City Love: The Academic workplace in Mexico"
in, Philip G. Altbach (ed), The Decline of the
Guru: the academic profession in developing
and middle income countries, Palgrave - Macmillan,
N.Y. USA
- Gil-Antón, Manuel (1997) "Origin
is not destiny: another turn of the screw for
diversity in Mexican Academia" edited by
Revista Mexicana de Investigación Educativa,
No. 4. Mexico.
- Gil-Antón, Manuel (1996) "The
Mexican Academic Profession" in The International
Academic Profession: Portraits of Fourteen Countries,
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. N.J. USA
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| The Future of the Academic Profession
in Developing Countries: A Comparative Perspective
between the Public and Private Sectors
The issue of the academic profession ands its
future is critical for the development of systems
of higher education in the World. It is also of
major importance for developing countries since
the establishment of a sound academic staff within
higher education institutions is of recent inception
-as compared to those in developed countries -
and is taking place parallel to a large increase
in the private educational sector. For example,
in Mexico the private sector covers now 30 percent
of enrolments and the characteristics of the personnel
of this sector have not been investigated taking
into account the diversity of types in this kind
of institutions. The same situation occurs in
other developing countries, both in Latin America
(Brazil and Chile, for example) and other parts
of the World an it is important to make a comparative
research about the diverse ways these academics
are established, similarities and differences
between their working conditions and the academic
characteristics of the professors on both sectors.
Te Fulbright New Century Scholars Program is
the ideal setting to carry out a comparative study
between the public and private sectors in Mexico,
not only as regards their conditions for the development
of the academic profession, but also to move forward
to an additional level of comparison, through
intercultural an interdisciplinary research with
colleagues in countries with similar or completely
different development conditions (the latter can
be enriching for research) and in which the private
sector is expanding or plays a major role.
The academic stay at Claremont Graduate University
opens the possibility of discussing these questions
with Dr. Jack H. Schuster, expert in the academic
profession in the United States, and his colleagues,
since the American experience is very frequently
taken as a model in developing countries. Also,
it would be useful talk and work together with
colleagues from Europe and Asia.
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