HIGHER EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

This article reviews the origins of American higher education since its inception to the present day. A brief tour of the origin of higher education, its evolution in Latin America and even the origin of the first American university. It outlines those events of a political, economic or social of the time that influenced the emergence of state higher education in each country of the region, as well as those for which the origin of private higher education with its proponents and detractors. We present the case of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua and its evolution to the present day, as well as the efforts made by the countries of the region in an effort to improve the quality of tertiary education offered by public and private universities established herein.