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knowledge economy is debated. But to actively compete means to add further concerns for the
AAU: deciding which university model Africa should uphold, gauging the appropriate levels of
influence from the public and private sectors, and what role research should play within
postsecondary African education (Cardoso, 2020). The AAU has demonstrated its commitment
to innovation policies and expansion of regional education efforts, however, post-colonial
development discourse lingers and hints towards a continued dependency upon Western
prescriptions, which can be seen as a contributor of ongoing Western hegemony (Johnson et al.,
2011). The institutionalization of neoliberal policies upon and through this network merits
further understanding.
Union de Universidades de Amdrica Latina (UDUAL)
After conducting an analysis on the international organizations in the Latin American and
Caribbean Region, Lopez and colleagues (2011) found common patterns impacting the success
of the organizational goals of integration and cooperation. "Tendency toward competition,
concentrating on obtaining immediate benefits from relationships with other entities,
asymmetry...with regard to the benefits obtained by member universities, and super structural
and bureaucratized decisions" were identified as pervasive themes across these organizations.
Among this list is the Union de Universidades de Amdrica Latina (UDUAL), a formal network
representing more than 200 institutions from across the Latin American and Caribbean regionwhose goals include the improvement of relations between Latin American universities,
promotion of academic exchange, and coordination of academic structures (UDUAL, n.d.).
Scholars have witnessed a hegemonic imposition of ideals that are cloaked by the
"democratizing creation of emancipatory curricula that embrace autochthonous social, economic,
and cultural interests and needs" (Henry & Beserra, 2022, p. 4).45
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Moore, Mallory Carson. Westernization as Lingua Franca: Historical and Discursive Patterns of Hegemony in Global Higher Education, dissertation, May 2024; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2332627/m1/54/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .