Resumen

ELIEL, ERNEST L.  y  HOLDEN THORP, H.. CHALLENGES TO RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN CHEMISTRY AT THE END OF THE 20^TH CENTURY. Bol. Soc. Chil. Quím. [online]. 1999, vol.44, n.4, pp. 393-399. ISSN 0366-1644.  doi: 10.4067/S0366-16441999000400001.

This editorial is based on talks one of us (ELE) gave in Canada, in the USA, in Argentina and in Chile. We realize that not everything said here will apply to all four countries; readers will have to take their pick