PARTICIPATION OF THE UNIVERSITY IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT

The purpose of this article is to achieve a reflexive approach to the relationships that the university establishes with the community as an institution that generates transformations in the social environment. The methodological strategy was systematized through the methods: hermeneutics, documentary and deductive analysis, allowing to conclude that in the Latin American context the university as a key social actor must reach new modalities of representation and social participation, that promote the democratization of public policies, for the development and collective acceptance of ethical-moral values within the framework of a civic culture that promotes social development.