The privatization process experimented by Chilean higher education during the early 80s has been continued with no substantial modifications during the democratic governments. The state has lost the control of higher education and has been replaced by free market. However, this strategy was so...

El presente trabajo ensaya una descripcion del modelo de la universidad de mercado, basado en parte en la evidencia que proporcionan el funcionamiento y discurso de las universidades chilenas desde 1981 y, en lo demas, en la deduccion de ciertos elementos del modelo a partir de los patrones...

School autonomy and parental participation have been frequently proposed as ways of making schools more productive. Less clear is how governments can foster decentralized decision making by local schools. This article shows that across eight Latin American countries, most of the variation in...

Foreword / by Waldemar W. Wirsig -- Introduction -- Mixed performance -- Differentiated and complex systems -- A typology for distinguishing myth from reality -- Key policy issues -- Between status quo and neoliberal extremes