Higher  Education.  —  Higher  education  im-
parted in  the  universities  and  superior  technical
schools  is  under  the  immediate  control  of  the
federal  government.  The  two  universities
already  mentioned,  Cordova  and  Buenos  Aires,
were  reorganized  by  the  republican  government
somewhat  after  the  model  of  the  French  facul-
ties as  constituted  by  Napoleon.  The  want
of  vital  union  between  the  faculties  led  to  the
same  narrow  specialization  that  was  long  the
bane  of  higher  education  in  France.  To
correct  this  tendency  a  different  system  was
adopted  in  the  organization  of  the  National
University  of  La  Plata,  established  in  1906.
This  university  forms  an  organic  body  under  a
president  who  has  supervisory  powers  over  all
the  faculties.
Each  of  the  three  universities  comprises  a
faculty  of  law,  a  faculty  of  philosophy  and
letters,  a  faculty  of  natural  sciences,  and  a
faculty  of  physical  and  mathematical  sciences.
Cordova  and  Buenos  Aires  have  also  a  medical
faculty.  The  programs,  degree  examinations,
etc.,  are  regulated  by  official  programs.  The
University  of  La  Plata,  like  the  national
colegios,  is  wholly  modern  in  character,  and  the
high  standards  maintained  and  the  close  organ-
ization of  the  several  faculties  will  in  time,  it  is
believed,  impart  a  more  solid  character  to  the
modern  scheme  of  secondary  instruction.  The
three  universities  have  a  registration  of  about
3500  students.  They  are  maintained  exclu-
sively by  federal  appropriations.  There  are  no
tuition  fees,  and  the  matriculation  and  gradua-
tion fees  are  very  low.  For  the  year  1908  the
appropriations  were  as  follows:  University  of
Cordova,  8276,825;  University  of  Buenos  Aires,
$449,350;  University  of  La  Plata,  8430,000.
