Changes in Chile’s Higher Education Entrance Fee Policy under Neoliberalism —— Taking Multi-source Flow Theory as the Research Perspective

Abstract

Based on the multi-source flow theory, this paper mainly adopts the method of text analysis to study the development process and current situation of higher education admission tuition policy in Chile under the neoliberal political model from three aspects: problem flow, policy flow and political flow. The study found that throughout the process, demonstrations by students dissatisfied with high tuition fees constituted a problem stream; The Chilean government's reform since 1980 has continuously introduced policies to revise tuition fees, as well as the opinions put forward by various experts and scholars, constitute the policy flow; The interference of various political factions and the expectations of the people constitute the political flow. The convergence of the three parties has made the issue of higher education entrance fees in Chile increasingly important.