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The new socioeconomic and cultural scenarios of the knowledge society demand a new approach to higher education, which must find solutions not only to overcome social and cultural exclusion — particularly in Latin America — but also to the contradictions between a global digital culture and local organisational and professional profiles and needs. For there to be a genuine development of capacities...