Abstract

URDAPILLETA CARRASCO, Jorge. Fortalecimiento de la responsabilidad social universitaria desde la perspectiva de la economía social y solidaria. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2019, vol.41, n.164, pp.171-185. ISSN 0185-2698.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iisue.24486167e.2019.164.58683.

Proposals are made for reinforcing the social function of both public and private institutions of higher learning through university social responsibility by incorporating social and solidarity economy principles. It reflects on the origins of educational institutions and the way they have been defined based on instrumental rationality, which has encouraged them to prioritize their rankings and market positioning over the building of harmonic social and economic relations. Based on that reflection, it offers some concrete action proposals arising out of a review of some IHLs’ good practices. The proposals are founded on relational rationality and reciprocity as epistemological bases.

Keywords : University social responsibility; Social and solidarity economy; Higher education institutions; Social values; Crisis of universities.