Abstract
Many observers would envy Ecuador's public universities, following adoption of a new governing law and the 2008 Constitution, which abolished all student fees. But its 25 public universities are in the odd position of getting too much of a good thing. Elsewhere, advocates for public universities lament a trend toward marketization and privatization and decry shrunken financial contributions from government. Higher education in Ecuador is about to find out if the recent reforms could be problematic, as strings tighten that have just been attached to universities under a bold experiment. There is a particular worry about the threat to university autonomy.
Highlights
AUTONOMY, THE MARKET, AND THE 2008 CONSTITUTION Ecuador’s first governing Law of Higher Education dates backs only to 1938; and it contains—alongside the principle of autonomy—provisions for cogovernance and academic freedom
Its 25 public universities are in the odd position of getting too much of a good thing
The overall system conducted allocating the annual budget provided by the central government
Summary
AUTONOMY, THE MARKET, AND THE 2008 CONSTITUTION Ecuador’s first governing Law of Higher Education dates backs only to 1938; and it contains—alongside the principle of autonomy—provisions for cogovernance and academic freedom. “Free” Public Universities in Ecuador: Too Much of a Good Thing? Many observers would envy Ecuador’s public universities, following adoption of a new governing law and the 2008 Constitution, which abolished all student fees.
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