Universities and Fields of Study in Argentina: A Public-Private Comparison from the Supply and Demand Side. PROPHE Working Paper Series. WP No. 15

Autor/in	Rabossi, Marcelo
Institution	Program for Research on Private Higher Education
Titel	Universities and Fields of Study in Argentina: A Public-Private Comparison from the Supply and Demand Side. PROPHE Working Paper Series. WP No. 15
Quelle	(2010), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Private Colleges; Intellectual Disciplines; College Programs; Longitudinal Studies; Undergraduate Study; Higher Education; Private Sector; Free Enterprise System; Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Politics of Education; Educational Development; Educational Environment; International Education; Comparative Analysis; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Policy; Supply and Demand; Educational Supply; Educational Demand; Enrollment; Educational Trends; Economics; Public Colleges; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Privathochschule; Geisteswissenschaften; Studienprogramm; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Grundstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Privater Sektor; Freie Wirtschaft; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Internationale Erziehung; Politics of education; Bedarfsplanung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Einschulung; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Argentinien
Abstract	Private higher education literature recognizes large public-private differentiation in terms of field of study. Relative to public counterparts, private universities tend to offer their services in fields that require low initial investments and present at least relatively attractive internal private rates of return. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the university market in Argentina to confirm if this pattern is still present or, due to political and market forces, for example, private-public differences have tended to blur overtime. We study this dynamic from both the supply (percentage of institutions offering a determined degree program) and the demand side (percentage of students). Although important to assess public-private differentiation, the former has not been the object of in-depth analysis in the literature. The demand side, much more studied, is evaluated here through a longitudinal approach (1975-2006) to see if the public-private distinction is now less fundamental. A main conclusion is that public universities have gotten more and more into "private waters" while, when there is an opportunity, privates have increased their presence in some fields that were once "public property". (Contains 4 tables and 18 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10