Abstract
Monica Marquina and Leandro Haberfeld Monica Marquina is a specialist in politics and education in the Department of Education at the University of Buenos Aires. She is currently a Fulbright scholar studying in the Higher Education Administration Program at Boston College. E-mail: . Leandro Haberfeld is an economist in the Center of Studies for Development Planning at the University of Buenos Aires. He is currently studying in the Higher Education Administration Program at Boston College. E-mail: .
Highlights
Argentina’s peculiar public university model may evoke as much horror as admiration, but no one can deny that it is almost unique: great academic and institutional autonomy; a democratic tripartite university governance structure, composed of professors, alumni, and students; periodic competitions to select professors; a free tuition policy; and a budget decided and allocated each year by the parliament
Monica Marquina is a specialist in politics and education in the Department of Education at the University of Buenos Aires
She is currently a Fulbright scholar studying in the Higher Education Administration Program at Boston College
Summary
Argentina’s peculiar public university model may evoke as much horror as admiration, but no one can deny that it is almost unique: great academic and institutional autonomy; a democratic tripartite university governance structure, composed of professors, alumni, and students; periodic competitions to select professors; a free tuition policy; and a budget decided and allocated each year by the parliament. The government will create a mechanism of resource allocation among the universities based on equity criteria and incentives for the institutions that show productivity improvements. It has announced accountability mechanisms for university planning as a counterpart to autonomy and academic freedom.
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