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Maria Cristina Parra-Sandoval
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Short Biography:
LARC Visiting Fellow Maria Cristina Parra-Sandoval has a Master of Science degree in Sociology and a PhD in Development Studies. In recent years, she has been involved in research in the area of Latin American Higher Education, with an emphasis on Higher Education Public Policies and Higher Education Internationalization. She was recently responsible for coordinating fieldwork in Canada and Spain, as part of the project on academic mobility, network building, brain drain and influence of developed countries in the constitution of the Mexican elites and national development. Additionally, Maria Cristina is responsible for a project with the Universidad del Zulia insertion in higher education internationalization process which is part of broader regional (Latin-American) research by the Grupo Internacional de Estudos e Pesquisa sobre Educação Superior (GIEPES) network.
Full Biography:
LARC Visiting Fellow Maria Cristina Parra-Sandoval has a Master of Science degree in Sociology and a PhD in Development Studies. In recent years, she has been involved in research in the area of Latin American Higher Education, with an emphasis on Higher Education Public Policies and Higher Education Internationalization. She was recently responsible for coordinating fieldwork in Canada and Spain, as part of the project on academic mobility, network building, brain drain and influence of developed countries in the constitution of the Mexican elites and national development. Additionally, Maria Cristina is responsible for a project with the Universidad del Zulia insertion in higher education internationalization process which is part of broader regional (Latin-American) research by the Grupo Internacional de Estudos e Pesquisa sobre Educação Superior (GIEPES) network.
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