Changes in the chilean university system: reflections about its evolution and a proposal of governance

Abstract

This essay discusses a proposal of governance for Chilean public universities (State). It is based on trends affecting the university system all over the world: overcrowding, diversification, opening to new stakeholders and its correspondence in the national university system. This analysis distinguishes three levels: a meta level, meaning value context and economic, social and philosophical ideas leading to the concept and expectations about the university; a meso level - the institutions - involving the government and the public structure responsible for the university system; and a micro level, university education institutions, where there are remarkable factors as university government structures, their governance, leadership and institution management.