Educational Reform Policies in Argentina in the 1970s: The Beginning of a Differentiation Process among National Universities?

The purpose of this article is to analyze the mid-term consequences of the institutional expansion that took place in the nineteen seventies in Argentina, in light of the results yielded by studies carried out in the region by international organizations. This process aimed to reform and restructure the existing state universities into an American research model. We argue that this process did not accomplish its initial objectives, but led instead to an exacerbation of existing structural problems and gave rise to a differentiation process among public universities in the country. In order to do that, we will use first and second-hand sources.