Abstract:
The management of National University of Buenos Aires is having a series of tensions and conflicts since 2001. Although their causes are historical and generalized, many of the University’s actors think they are restricted to the university administration and the representation of its members. In this work, a diagnosis of UBA management is carried out and some reasons for its conflictivity are put forward. The direct election system is analyzed as a possible solution to this problem as claimed by the students’ sector. Comparing it to the case of National University of San Luis, this work attempts to predict whether a change in the election system would provide a solution to the above-mentioned problem. It is concluded that the institutional fragmentation is the source of the problem impacting on the authority of the university administration.