{"pk":63470,"title":"Policy Translation of Social Movements Demands: The Case of Free-Tuition in Higher Education in Chile","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Chile experienced massive student protests against market-based education in 2011. In 2013, center-left President Michelle Bachelet proposed tuition-free higher education for Chile’s bottom 70%, fueling controversy due to the uncertainty and unexpected medium and long-term consequences. This study analyzes how the free-tuition policy was developed, the actors involved, the political discourse deployed during its implementation, and the strategy used to make this policy a reality. Using semi-structured interviews with key actors, such as policymakers and scholars, and a review of newspaper columns, we wanted to explore how politicians and bureaucrats \ntranslated \nthe students’ demands into the free-tuition policy. Our findings suggest that the policy translation process involved former student leaders, free-tuition policy prioritization, and a quick, straightforward implementation process that enabled the government to fulfill its promise.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Free-tuition"},{"word":"Higher Education"},{"word":"Policy"},{"word":"Chile"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jc6q534","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Daniela","middle_name":"","last_name":"Veliz","name_suffix":"","institution":"Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile","department":""},{"first_name":"Astrid","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pickenpack","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Pennsylvania","department":""},{"first_name":"Cristóbal","middle_name":"","last_name":"Villalobos","name_suffix":"","institution":"Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2021-08-26T19:48:29+05:30","date_accepted":"2021-08-26T19:48:29+05:30","date_published":"2022-09-28T23:27:38+05:30","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/bre/article/63470/galley/48877/download/"}]}