Incorporación de la Ley de Gratuidad al Sistema de Educación Superior en Chile: la prolongación del subsidio a la demanda y la privatización del financiamiento público

Abstract

Making use of official information, this article analyzes the changes that the new law of Free Access to Higher Education in Chile introduced to public financing, institutional recruitment and coverage rates. Among the results, what stands out is the significant injection of public resources despite the low level of coverage achieved, a strong tendency towards privatization and low institutional adhesion. With its implementation and graduality, this law accentuates the logic of the voucher, of restricted and focused access, while the institutions, in a cost-benefit analysis, evaluate the attraction of resources and the reduction of autonomy through fiscal regulation.