Academe, May 1st, 2002
Professors at Oscar Romero University in the poor, rural Chalatenango province (if El Salvador face enormous challenges in educating their students. Many of the students are fon-ner combatants from both sides of the violent civil war that raged across El Salvador throughout the 1980s, often pitting neighbor against neighbor. During the war, the quality of elementary, and secondary education suffered, so students at the university, which has a liberal admissions policy, often have educational deficits to overcome. To make matters worse, El Salvador's economy is in recession, and the country has...
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