Research Program
Since it was established in 1992, the researchers and the fellows in the department have conducted research concerning the performance of tertiary and university systems in Argentina, and in distinct countries in Latin America, and in industrialized countries. To date, the following themes have been researched:

> The contract program experience in French and Catalonian higher education systems (2004-2005).
> Organization, incentives and efficiency of universities: allocation of funds as a public policy tool (2004-2005).
> International experiences in binary higher education systems: lessons for a public policy in Argentina (2003-2004).
> Allocation of public resources in Argentine universities (2003).
> Academic Employment Structures in Higher Education (2003).
> Human resources demand in social programs in Argentina and Mexico (2001-2002).
> Socio-cultural and motivational background of tertiary students (1998-2000).
> Social science postgraduate courses in Argentina and Mexico (1998-2000).
> Growth of postgraduate programs in Argentine universities (1998-2000).
> Quality regulation of transnational education (1998-1999).
> The articulation between high school and higher education (1997-1999).
> Admission models in higher education (1997-1998).
> The expansion of the private sector in Latin American higher education (1996-1997).
> Development and institutional strengthening of the Argentine graduate education (1996-1998).
> Public university management (1996-1997).
> Emergence of new public universities in Greater Buenos Aires 1996-1997).
> Graduate policies regarding scholarships and student loans in the United States and Chile (1994-1995).
> Institutional diversification and program reforms in the Argentine Higher Education System: expansion in the non- university graduate sector (1994-1995).
> Structural changes in the supply of the Argentinean university system (1994-1995).
> Links between the university system and the economic sector (1992-1993).
> Comparative analysis of higher education public policies in Latin America (1992-1997).

Research in progress:
> The Latin American Universities and their contribution to sustainable development in the Region (2006-2007).
> Occupational structure of faculty in Argentine national universities: institutional framework and incentive schemes (2005-2008).