The university, the missing link of autonomous national development

The purpose of this text is to reflect on the university and its development in the commercial world, including direct experience as a university professor. It is part of understanding that the current form of existence of the university is not a providential event but is the product of the development of history within the framework of discourses of transnationalization of markets. In this order of ideas, this work takes a critical look at the role of the university in the knowledge society