DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND VACANCIES IN SCHOOLS OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES IN ARGENTINA: PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Abstract

: In every society there is a set of goods considered valuable that must be distributed,
for which it is necessary to have a principle that legitimizes the way in which they are distributed.
In a Latin American context that combines the expansion of middle-level coverage with the search
for new strategies of distinction, we ask ourselves about the notions of justice to which students
and teachers of educational establishments dependent on national universities in Argentina appeal:
the secondary schools administered by the National University of La Plata and the University of
Buenos Aires. In this article, we explore the plot of meanings around the criteria of distributive
justice before scarce social goods: vacancies and scholarships. After a brief presentation of the
trends of the educational system in the two jurisdictions and the discussion on the concept of
justice, in the second section we analyze the regulations of the form of admission to each
educational establishments. Finally, we focus on the particular case of the dependent schools of
the National University of La Plata.