The start of the Private Higher Education in Bolivia has a name: Bolivian Evangelical UniversityThe Evangelical Bolivian University is the first private university in the country, was founded on August 13, 1980 by Dr. Anne Meredith Scheflen Weidmann.
The history of the Evangelical Bolivian University begins with the dream of a visionary, Dr. Scheflen Anne Meredith, who arrived in Bolivia for the first time in 1952, with the aim of working towards education. After several years dedicated to children of school year, he found that the country needed an institution that will train people professionally. So he decided to return to his homeland, the United States of America,