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Publication of the book “Access, Retention, and Graduation at Universities for Vulnerable Groups in Latin America: Intervening and Changing Reality”

August 30, 2014
In August 2014, Editorial Santillana del Pacífico published the book *Access, Retention, and Graduation from University Among Vulnerable Groups in Latin America: Intervening and Changing Reality*. The book’s coordinators are Dr. Joaquín Gairín, Professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Visiting Professor in the Master’s Program in Educational Management at the Institute of Education; Prof. Diego Castro Ceacero, Professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona; and Dr. David Rodríguez-Gómez, Instructor in the Master’s Program in Educational Management.

The book was published as part of the project “ACCEDES—Access and Academic Success for Vulnerable Groups in High-Risk Environments in Latin America.”

The book has following chapters:

- “Intervening and Changing Reality” by Dr. Gairín and Dr. Rodríguez-Gómez.

- “People with Disabilities” by Guadalupe Palmeros y Ávila, professor at the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco (Mexico), Juana María Brito, professor at the University of Cienfuegos (Cuba), Norma Cándida Corea, professor at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, Adoración Barrales, professor at the University of Veracruz, Irma Alejandra Coeto, professor at the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Yolanda Ferreira Arza, professor at the Bolivian Catholic University of San Pablo (Bolivia), Dr. Gairín, Miguel Júlio Teixeira, professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal), Nicolasa Terreros Barrios, professor at the Specialized University of the Americas (Panama), and Carme Tolosana, professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

- “Immigrants” by professors Norma Cándida Corea, Adoración Barrales, Dr. María Inés Vázquez, Academic Coordinator of the Master’s in Educational Management, Wilfrido Hernández, professor at the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Nicolasa Terreros and María Carmen Fonseca, Gloria Villanueva and Maritza Andino Picado, professors at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

- “Poverty (Low HDI)” by Dr. Vázquez, Irma Arguedas, professor at the University of Costa Rica; Flavio Dovigo, professor at the University of Bergamo (Italy); Edgar Estupiñan, professor at the University of Tarapacá (Chile); Oscar Parra and Luciano Román Medina, professors at the Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption; Rosana Sampedro, professor at the Catholic University of Argentina, and Rosa Tafur Puente, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.