Authors : Carmen Vasquez, Maritza Torres and Amelec Viloria
Abstract: The present research characterizes the main public policies of Latin American countries that present universities in the top 100 of the web ranking of universities. As a determining governmental policy in the universities best positioned in the group studied, there is support for the training of doctors and the management of funding programs for research projects, to a lesser extent the influence of accreditation programs on researchers, research groups and scientific journals to the positioning of universities.
Carmen Vasquez, Maritza Torres and Amelec Viloria, 2017. Public Policies in Science and Technology in Latin American Countries with Universities in the Top 100 of Web Ranking. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 2963-2965.