Open AccessWhy Argentine Private Universities Continue to Lag
Author(s) -
Marcelo Rabossi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2012.66.8597
Subject(s) - latin americans , higher education , position (finance) , lag , political science , time lag , development economics , demographic economics , economic growth , economics , finance , law , computer network , computer science
Private higher education accounts for half of total enrollment in Latin America but only a fifth in Argentina. For reasons including statist norms, tough regulation, and public university stature, it has been difficult for Argentina's private higher education to attain the position held by its counterparts in the region. Whether that may now change is unclear.