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GUTIERREZ LOPEZ, Miguel Ángel. The National Council of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Consejo Nacional de la Educación Superior e Investigación Científica). Educational policy during the government of president Lázaro Cárdenas, 1935-1940. Perfiles educativos [online]. 2009, vol.31, n.126, pp.80-98. ISSN 0185-2698.

The educational policy implemented by the presidential administration of Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940) was contested by a wide sector of university staff in the whole country. Since it was impossible to reach common points of view with the university community, the government decided to implement a higher education policy without consulting the latter. This article proposes a review of some features of the higher education and scientific research policy implemented by the administration of President Cárdenas through the National Council of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Consejo Nacional de la Educación Superior y la Investigación Científica, CNESIC). This historical report shows the emergence of a new institution and several educational strategies in a period in which there was an evident dissent amongst most of the university staff and the country's authorities. The differences of opinion between both sectors showed the confluence of two educational projects that brought into discussion the role of the State within the organization and government of the higher education institutions.

Palabras llave : Public education; Higher education; Scientific research; Educational policy; Autonomous university.

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