Prospects for the internationalization of students of higher education as a factor of regional integration in Paraguay

Authors

  • Willian Yuyil Cantero Lusardi Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA
  • Hugo Ramón Jiménez Barboza Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA
  • Julio César Mendoza Aquino Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA
  • Hugo Alfredo Recalde Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1983-4535.2016v9n4p206

Abstract

Prospects for the internationalization of students of higher education as a factor of regional integration in Paraguay, based on the importance of internationalization in higher education we are convinced that it is paramount to our institution for several reasons. Fundamentally, a university that facilitates and supports national and international collaboration, at the same time the mobility of its staff, students and their teachers. Academic mobility is one of the main references of the processes and strategies of educational cooperation and, in addition to direct expression of the collaboration between institutions and governmental structures. Internationalization, regionalization and globalization of higher education should be based on solidarity and mutual respect and promote the values of humanism and intercultural dialogue. The internationalization of higher education at the National University of Caaguazú, started in 2012, with the creation of a directorate in the Rector of the University, its main purpose is to seek strategic agreements for the development of different academic units cooperation agreements are supported by strategic partnerships with various ministries of the Paraguayan Government.

Author Biographies

Willian Yuyil Cantero Lusardi, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Hugo Ramón Jiménez Barboza, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Julio César Mendoza Aquino, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Hugo Alfredo Recalde, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Universidad Nacional de Caaguazu - UNCA

Published

2016-12-27