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Colombia: Diverse Cultures in Public Universities

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 @ 23:05 UTC

by Eduardo Avila

Countries:: Colombia
Topics:: Education
Languages:: Spanish

Lluvias de Locuras [es] provides thoughts on the public universities in Colombia and concludes that “many cultures come together that contribute to the development of the educational community, but there is also a very harmful counter-culture.”

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