The Invisible Handbook: Three decades of higher education policy in Chile (1980-2010)

Authors

  • Jose Miguel Salazar Zegers Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne
  • Peodair Seamus Leihy Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n34.2013

Keywords:

Education policy, higher education, reform, policy change, Chile

Abstract

Chilean higher education has experienced vast, and in many ways groundbreaking, changes since 1980.  Certain policy developments have been subject to various studies, but the overarching principles and underlying assumptions have remained less explored. The same applies to transitional changes in state approaches to sector-specific regulation that, once established, would remain relatively stable. Through content analysis of policy statements over three decades, this study critically reviews past accounts of the evolution of policy, proposing a new reading of the steps involved in organizing policy settings and the general criteria underpinning these.  Beyond allowing a better understanding of the transformation of higher education in Chile, the article concludes with some suggestions around the growing difficulties faced in forming sectoral policy.

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Author Biographies

Jose Miguel Salazar Zegers, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne

Estudiante de posgrado, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne

Peodair Seamus Leihy, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne

Estudiante de posgrado, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne

Published

2013-04-21

How to Cite

Salazar Zegers, J. M., & Leihy, P. S. (2013). The Invisible Handbook: Three decades of higher education policy in Chile (1980-2010). Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21, 34. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v21n34.2013

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