The 1918 University Reform in Córdoba, Argentina, was a pivotal student-led movement that transformed public universities from elitist, church-controlled institutions into democratic, secular, and autonomous spaces open to all of society.
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The public university, not always easy,
democratic, secular, and open to all of society.
society.
Before 1918, only the children of the powerful
could access universities, and the
church and the state had total power
over their decisions. To imagine
such a university... [Applause]
The university reform of 1918, a
student celebration to achieve a
high-quality, democratic university
with academic freedom. [Music]
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In 1918, there were three national universities in the country.
At the
National University of Córdoba, the
dominance exercised by the church
translated into a reactionary and conservative regime. [
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How did we get to June 15, 1918, and
who were part of the generation of
this change?
This change had to do with a
power crisis at the University of Córdoba.
Well, at that time there were three
national universities: Los Aires, La Plata, and
Córdoba, and Córdoba was the most backward in
many aspects; it was very
conservative. very retrograde, and then
the students represented the
influx of new sectors in the
middle schools, the first children of the
immigrant generation. There,
a clash occurred related to the
new ideas. It
happened throughout the year, and what did it mean? It was
n't just a change of authorities, a
change of statutes. But
first, the generation intervened, the generation that
had a high regard for their status
as young people and the liberal ideas of the
time, the Americanist ideas, the secular ideas.
secular ideas.
This youth embodied these ideas with great force,
which led them to play a very innovative role, very much in
relation to the status quo
of that very conservative, very
traditionalist city that Córdoba was.
Then, on June 21, 1908, the
reformers released the
manifesto. Thus, all
the reformist postulates appear. Today we are going to
talk about autonomy and autarky. The
synonym for autonomy is synonymous with
freedom and independence. It is the capacity
for freedom and independence that
universities have to dictate their
own statutes, to establish
their own rules that regulate their
university life. At this moment, the
university assembly is electing the
new rector. In this way, the
university It exercises its freedom to
define and fulfill the objectives it
autonomy and self-sufficiency, a
constitutional recognition in
1994 right here in this
National Electoral University, which from then on
would be the economic and
financial aspect of autonomy. Autonomy is
With the principles of autonomy and
self-sufficiency, an old
system that allowed the government in power to appoint
appoint
university authorities was left behind, and a
solid democratic principle guiding
reformist universities was achieved. [Music]
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