University Social Responsibility in Latin America: a systematic review

Abstract

University Social Responsibility (USR) is a new university management policy that redesigns the way in which extension and social projection are being carried out to face the academic and administrative impacts of all university processes. The purpose of the article was to analyze the process of management and implementation of RSU in Latin America, through a systematic review, using the PRISMA methodology. The reviewed databases were: Scopus, Scielo, EBSCO, Web of Science. Twenty articles were selected, of which 70 % are related to RSU management and 30 % to implementation. It is concluded that in Latin America the management and implementation of the RSU is in an initial process because it has not yet been consolidated as a university management system. Likewise, there are no public policies that promote RS in higher education, the same ones that have a welfare, reductionist approach, with little support and little socialization