The transition from Jesuit to Republican University in Argentina

Abstract

Objective: This work examines the transition from a Jesuit university to a republican university in the Republic of Argentina, based on the history of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, the country's first institution of higher education.

Originality/Contribution: This article highlights the importance of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba from its foundation until its transfer to the nation and considers some philosophical movements that influenced this renowned institution to lead the first university reform that transcended Latin America. It also analyzes the subsequent changes of the following years.

Method: the methodology focuses on the history of universities. We analyze the ideas in force in each period of interest.

Information Strategies/Data Collection: documentary sources in university repositories, journalistic articles, specialized bibliography on the subject, and own research works were consulted.

Conclusions: given the length of the period studied, we tried to synthesize part of the history of the Universidad de Córdoba, an institution born in colonial times, full of imperfections and crossed by the most important political events of the country. However, it has always remained an active university. The incisive, political and independent character, typical of the Cordovan, formed a certain unity with the University, in which virtues and flaws reach their full potential.