The great university transformation: from liminal Manifesto of Cordoba (1918) to omnibus bill (2024)

This article is an analysis carried out from Historical Sociology with the objective of studying the university situation in Latin America from a long-term perspective because the present (the current situation) cannot be explained if historical processes are not taken into account ( changes and continuities). For this reason, I have chosen as the central starting point of my arguments the role of the University Reform (1918) that it had in the expansion of the fundamental rights of students as well as the formation of various social movements and demands that remain in force until today. our days. Likewise, I develop and expose issues-problems that in recent Latin American years have been marking the academic as well as political-social agenda and it is regarding the democratic issue, governmentality and a political culture pendulum between dialogue and/or the occlusion of the voice dissident politics, all this adding up to a historical context of strong advance of the right in our societies. This right-wing political positioning is implying a setback in the social achievements made in society as a whole and this includes, par excellence, the educational system.