September 22, 2006

In Latin America, New Universities for Indigenous Students Flourish

By MONICA CAMPBELL

But educators debate whether their purpose should be to aid local communities or to help graduates succeed in the wider world

Growing up in a remote village along the Coco River, Raymundo Blanco never expected to help stop the rampant deforestation here along the northern Atlantic coast.

But on a humid afternoon in August, Mr. Blanco sits at a long, wooden table in a well-lit college library and studies how cattle raising and clear-cutting alter soil movement and rainfall

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