Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Fight to Make Education a Guaranteed Right: Chilean Students vs. the Nation’s President




[1] Paul Jump, “From Pinochet to Piñera, Chile's Way is to Make Students Pay,” Times Higher Education, May 5, 2011, accessed August 2, 2011, http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=416035.
[2] Mary Rose Kubal, “Education Reform Under Bachelet: A Failure to Rethink Inequalities,” (2009): 2, http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/members/congress-papers/lasa2009/files/KubalMaryRose.pdf.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Pamela Sepúlveda, “Unequal System Under Fire,” IPS News, http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56336, (accessed July 7, 2011).
[5]Sepúlveda, “Unequal System Under Fire,” http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56336.
[6] Nathaniel Frandino, “Public University Tuition Matches Cost of Private Schools in Chile, The Santiago Times,August 10, 2011, accessed August 10, 2011, http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/education/22193-public-university-tuition-matches-cost-of-private-schools-in-chile.
[7] Roque Planas, “Chile’s Pinera Tales on Education Reform,” Americas Society and Council on Americas,July 7, 2011, accessed July 10, 2011, http://www.as-coa.org/article.php?id=3478.
[8] “Tricky Week Ahead for Chile,” Latin News Daily, August 21, 2011, accessed August 21, 2011, http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22931.asp?instance=4.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Planas, “Chile’s Piñera Tales on Education Reform,”  http://www.as-coa.org/article.php?id=3478.
[11] Nathaniel Frandino, “Early Signs of Disappointment Greet Education Minister’s Proposals,” The Santiago News, August 2, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/education/22124-early-signs-of-disappointment-greet-education-ministers-proposals.
[12] Adeline Bash, President Piñera’s New Initiative on Chile Student Movement,” August 17, 2011, accessed August 17, 2011, http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/education/22246-president-pineras-new-initiative-on-chile-student-movement.
[13] Alexei Barrionuevo, “With Kiss-Ins and Dances, Young Chileans Push for Reform,” The New York Times,August 5, 2011, accessed August 5, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/05/world/americas/05chile.html?_r=3&hpw.
[14] “Chile’s Piñera tries to Appease Student Protests: 4 Billion USD for Higher Education,” MercoPress, July 7, 2011, accessed July 20, 2011, http://en.mercopress.com/2011/07/06/chile-s-pinera-tries-to-appease-student-protests-4-billion-usd-for-higher-education.
[15] “Chilean Students Challenge Piñera,” Latin News Daily, August 4, 2011, accessed August 4, 2011,http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22893.asp?instance=1.
[16] Nathan Frandino“Chile’s President Opens Door for Talks on Education Amendment, The Santiago Times,August 1, 2011, accessed August 1, 2011, http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/education/22113-chiles-president-opens-doors-for-talks-on-education-amendment.
[17] Alexandra Ulmer and Alexis Krell, “Analysis: Protests Punish Pinera, but Chile Economy Seen Safe,” Reuters,July 7, 2011, accessed July 31, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/07/us-chile-politics-protests-idUSTRE7666Q920110707.
[18] Adeline Bash,  “Recap of Thursday’s Illegal Student March,” The Santiago Times, August 7, 2011, accessed August 7, 2011, http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/education/22163-recap-of-thursdays-illegal-student-march-.
[19] “Chilean Students Challenge Piñera,” Latin News Daily, http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22893.asp?instance=1.

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