Exploring faculty reading and research behaviors in a public and a private university: case-study Cuenca, Ecuador

Abstract

[eng] In light of recent changes in Ecuador´s higher education system thar are aimed at enhancing the universities´academic perfomance and thereby their ability to help address the country´s socio economic problems and contribute to the country`s growht, this articule reports on a study that investigated the research and reading behaviors of faculty members in a private and a public univerity in Cuenca, Ecuador.