SOCIAL ACTION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: ACTING IN NEOLIBERAL ERA

Abstract

In the Latin America academy debate about the role of public universities against the social
reality and the role of neoliberalism, with some of them, managed and directed with free
market principles. In this context, it is essential to define social action and its role in public
universities as part of social commitment to the community and society. For this, we review the main changes that have been public universities in the context of free market.

This article attempts to contribute to this debate from one experience of social action in a
community of Limon, Costa Rica.