The mission of the DRCLAS Regional Office builds on the “university-wide” mission of the David Rockefeller Center in Cambridge, that is, to provide support to Harvard faculty, students, or staff from any part of the University to achieve their goals related to Latin America.

Objectives

>> To provide better services than are now available to Harvard faculty already engaged in research, teaching or other professional activities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay.

>> To facilitate and support new Harvard faculty activities and projects, while enhancing connections and synergies among existing Harvard initiatives.

>> To expand in number and quality the study abroad, internship, and research opportunities available to Harvard students in the five countries.

>> To provide information and assistance to Harvard administrative and curricular entities in their educational, recruitment, alumni, and development activities in the five countries.

>> To demonstrate how these goals can be achieved more effectively and at less cost through economies of scale and organization than would otherwise be possible.