Legal education in Peru: Are we ready for integration and globalization?

 During the sixties, higher education was mainly given by public universities. There were twenty-one public and ten private universities.1 Growth in education went from 2.3 percent in 1961 to 4.4 percent in 1972, and jumped to 9.9 percent in 1981.2 After the Washington Consensus, economic policies were given to foster growth in Latin American countries.3 In Peru, less state economic intervention gave way to more flexibility in private investments, especially in education. A law was enacted by which the conditions and warranties were established to promote investment in education in order to contribute in the modernizing of the education system, widening the offer and coverage of education.4 As of January 2013, there are 137 universities: fifty-one are public (37 percent) and eighty-six are private (63 percent).
Authors: Mac Lean, Ana Cecilia
Source: Law and Business Review of the Americas
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10757/345158