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Globalization, Privatization and the Role of the State in Education through Representative Terms of Government in Argentina
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María Ivana Soler; Sebastián Correa-Otto – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2025
We study the role of the State in education through the most significant government periods in Argentina in the last 50 years. We use a sociocultural approach, contemplating the historical development of educational policies in the country, exploring conceptual frameworks applicable in the investigation of the State, privatization and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Global Approach, Privatization
Comparative Higher Education Policy under Nondemocratic Regimes in Argentina and Chile: Similar Paths, Different Policy Choices
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Salto, Dante J. – Higher Education Policy, 2022
Despite their common historical roots, two higher education systems in Latin America differ dramatically in their financing mechanisms. In Argentina, the national government completely subsidizes undergraduate programs in public institutions, while Chile relies mostly on tuition fees charged to individuals attending public institutions. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy
The Neoliberal Discourse in Latin American Higher Education: A Call for National Development and Tighter Government Control
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Mendoza, Pilar; Dorner, Lisa – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020
Using critical discourse analysis (CDA), we explored how educational leaders and policymakers in Mexico, Peru, Chile, and Argentina address complex issues while responding to -- and in fact, developing -- broader understandings (discourses) on the role of higher education in Latin America. Fairclough's (1993) theory of discourse underscores that…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Neoliberalism, Role of Education, Higher Education
Why Does Private School Enrollment Grow? Evidence from Argentina
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Narodowski, Mariano; Moschetti, Mauro – Cogent Education, 2015
During the second half of the twentieth century, a process of privatization took place in the Argentine education system. This paper seeks to explain the growth of private enrollments in Argentina over the last years. Drawing on the concept of quasi-monopoly, we run a random-effects estimation on panel data to analyze the determinants of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Enrollment Trends, Computation
The Scientific Field during Argentina's Latest Military Dictatorship (1976-1983): Contraction of Public Universities and Expansion of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)
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Bekerman, Fabiana – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2013
This study looks at some of the traits that characterized Argentina's scientific and university policies under the military regime that spanned from 1976 through 1983. To this end, it delves into a rarely explored empirical observation: financial resource transfers from national universities to the National Scientific and Technological Research…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Scientific Research, Foreign Countries, Financial Support
Secondary Education in Argentina during the 1990s: The Limits of a Comprehensive Reform Effort.
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Gorostiaga, Jorge M.; Acedo, Clementina; Xifra, Susana E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003
Used data from many sources to examine the reform of secondary education in Argentina in the 1990s. Findings suggest that political, economic, and technical factors, as well as strategies chosen by the national government, limited the implementation of reforms. (SLD)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Government Style as a Factor in Information Flow: Television Programming in Argentina, l979-l988.
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John, Jeffrey Alan – 1989
Noting that Argentina's recent history is particularly useful for analysis of the varying effects that differing government styles can have on a single mass communication system, a study compared Argentine (specifically Buenos Aires) television's 1979 programming schedule, prepared during a military dictatorship, with recent schedules prepared…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech, Government Role