Les boursiers de la Fondation Ford et la recomposition des sciences sociales brésiliennes by Letícia Canêdo

“…The text focuses on a small group of former Foundation Ford fellows who, after obtaining a PhD degree in the United States, fought to obtain recognition of their competences within the Social Sciences field in Brazil between 1960 and 1980. …”
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Une première approche de la reconstruction des principaux pôles internationaux de formation des scientifiques mexicains à partir de 1960 by Rocío Grediaga Kuri, Estela Maldonado Pérez

“…Using the National System of Researchers (SNI) data base, we had reconstructed the formative processes of the SNI’s members, especially locating institutions and countries where they had obtained their PhD degree. After analyzing inflexions in public policy measures, we established three different periods to see potential changes in reference poles during time: 1) before 1984, date of implementation of SNI, which has been a major change in scientific economic and status reward system; 2) between 1985 and 1996, period characterized by a generalization of academic’s merit pay programs within the higher education public institutions; 3) 1996 to date, when the Mexican government via the Education Ministry (SEP) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) have given additional resources to improve degrees of the academics in Mexico. …”
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