Endnotes: Experiments in Increasing Indigenous Enrollment in Higher Education in Colombia

Below are the endnotes from “Experiments in Increasing Indigenous Enrollment in Higher Education in Colombia” by Alvaro Mejía (Summer 2014 AQ).

1. The Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca (Indigenous Regional Council of Cauca—CRIC) is an Indigenous authority created by Indigenous communities in Cauca, the department with the highest percentage of Indigenous Colombians in the country. Twenty percent of Cauca’s population is Indigenous and Cauca is home to multiple recognized Indigenous ethnic groups, including the Páez (Nasa), Totoró, Guambiano, Yanacona, Kokonuko, Eperara Siapidara, Inga, Pubenense, and Ambalueña.
2. Graciela Bolaños, et. al. “Universidad Autónoma, Indígena e Intercultural (UAIIN): Un proceso para fortalecer la educación propia y comunitaria en el marco de la interculturalidad [Colombia]” in Daniel Mato, Coordinator, Instituciones Interculturales de Educación Superior en América Latina. Procesos de Construcción, Logros, Innovaciones y Desafíos. (Caracas: IESALC-UNESCO, 2009) <http://issuu.com/unesco-iesalc/docs/instituciones_interculturales/157>.
3. Marcela Piamonte Cruz and Libio Palechor Arévalo,”Interculturalidad: logros y desafíos en el proceso de formación de maestros/asindígenas del suroccidente colombiano,” Nómadas (Col) 34 (April 2011): 109-118 <http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/1051/105118960008.pdf>.
4. The Colombian constitution recognizes tribal people’s rights to their own education, but the schools must meet basic requirements set out by the Ley General de Educaci (Law 115 of 1994). Since the Ministry of Education passed Decree No. 2500 in July 2010, tribal schools are administered by Indigenous authorities, who can hire their own teachers in order to create a specialized education model particular to each tribe.
   Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Decreto No. 2500 <http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/1621/articles-239752_archivo_pdf_decreto2500.pdf>
5. The UAIIN represents “the collective search for an education that is propia [“owned”] by Indigenous peoples; or rather, an education that pertains to the vision, culture, necessities and plans of local communities…”  Graciela Bolaños, et. al. “Universidad Autónoma, Indígena e Intercultural: un espacio para el posicionamiento de epistemologías diversas,” in Daniel Mato, Coordinator, Diversidad cultural e interculturalidad en educación superior. Experiencias en América Latina. (Caracas: IESALC-UNESCO, 2008), 211-222.
6. La Universidad del Cauca, “Admisiones a programas de pregrado,” <http://www.unicauca.edu.co/versionP/Admisiones/Admisiones%20a%20pregrado%202/Casos%20especiales>.
7. La Universidad del Cauca, “Estudiantes de comunidades indígenas contarán con 180 cupos en tres programas de pregrado,” May 15, 2012, <http://portal.unicauca.edu.co/versionP/noticias/universidad/estudiantes-de-comunidades-ind%C3%ADgenas-contarán-con-180-cupos-en-tres-programas-de-pregrado> ; “¿El Estado tiene abandonados a los indígenas del Cauca?” Periódicolacampana.com, Oct 21, 2013, <www.periodicolacampana.com/el-estado-tiene-abandonados-a-los-indigenas-del-cauca/>.
8. La Universidad del Cauca, “Noticias y actualidad,” Sept 11, 2013, <http://www.unicauca.edu.co/versionP/noticias/interinstitucional/icetex-beca-estudiantes-del-convenio-cric-unicauca>.