Computing Capabilities at Argentine and Chilean Universities

The author reports on a trip to universities in
Argentina and Chile during November 1968, describing 
university conditions and computing activities.  As elsewhere,
these universities are experiencing student 
discontent with the status quo and the solutions they
are attempting contrast: Argentina is excluding 
students from participating in university government;
Chile is allowing such participation.  University 
computing service and academic activities are limited.
 The number of computers is small and so is the 
capacity, none larger than an IBM 360/40; with some
exception, computing science academic programs are 
rare. This situation is by no means attributable to
those responsible for computing developments, who 
strive for excellence; rather the "system" is hard to
over-come.  Universities, especially those with 
strong European traditions, adapt slowly to new academic
resources and disciplines; superimposed are 
the severe technological and economic constraints of the
developing nation.  Consequently, in the absence 
of conscious government emphasis on strengthening computing
capabilities, future progress may be retarded.

CACM August, 1969

Finerman, A.

university education, computing science academic
programs, university computing centers, surveys 
of computing centers, university computing capabilities, university-student
relationship, Argentine universities, 
Chilean universities, South American universities, developing nations

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