ABSTRACT
The objective of this article is to reinterpret the transformations in Chilean higher education between the years 1920 and 1973 from a view that these transformations are a process of institutional modernization to the understanding of this process as a struggle of the democratizing movement of education through redefining issues such as science, religion, professional training, research, public regulation through the State, the link with society and the valuation of education as a universal human right from the actions of students and academics / promoters / of democratic designs for the university. The methodological strategy used in this study was the qualitative design of data production and analysis to analyze and interpret the data, elements of semantic analysis and discourse content analysis were used.
Keywords:
history of education; higher education; social movements; university reform; democratization