Discusses reforms in Latin American universities. (PB)

As old-school officers of the armed forces take over Chile, the think tank-trained ruling military of Brazil and Peru wonder why the Chileans didn't educate themselves to govern. (Editor)

For 400 years the National Autonomous University of Mexico has remained at the hub of the country's intellectual and political life. The history of the University from the Mayas and the Aztecs, University expansion, upward mobility of students, and student pressure groups and politics are described. (MLW)