As a Chilean living in Chile I can tell you this article not accurate and outdated.
There has been enormous troubles trying to implement this reform, last news I had about the current version of the reform was that this "free higher education" was a form of government loan you pay off your job paychecks.
If you read Chilean news, as of yesterday, all the ministers (including the cited interior, education and economy) where asked to step down by the president who faced 70% disproval for a number of other scandals including not holding to this reform original promises. There is a political crisis happening right now and its very unlikely that the education reform launches any soon.
To read about real free higher education ~100 years old, I'd recommend our neighbors of Argentina
There has been enormous troubles trying to implement this reform, last news I had about the current version of the reform was that this "free higher education" was a form of government loan you pay off your job paychecks.
If you read Chilean news, as of yesterday, all the ministers (including the cited interior, education and economy) where asked to step down by the president who faced 70% disproval for a number of other scandals including not holding to this reform original promises. There is a political crisis happening right now and its very unlikely that the education reform launches any soon.
To read about real free higher education ~100 years old, I'd recommend our neighbors of Argentina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Argentina#Higher_E...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_university_reform_of_...
PD. Sorry to "jacket" the article (Chilean expression)