This paper points out some common tendencies of the Latin America region and several troublesome aspects that hinder a harmonic development of its Higher Education. We consider that the sustainability of the public policies sketched out in the '90s, has blocked the possibility of solving major problems. We will pay extra attention to the three following processes: the expansion of the outreach without the reduction of either social inequalities or a fully inclusion in Higher Education; the development of institutional evaluation processes without an improvement on the quality of the learning processes; and last but not least, the emphasis given to professional trainings instead of the commitment and the social responsibility of the university actors.