Between the carrot and slamming the door. Teaching ad honorem at the UBA

Abstract

Institutional and structural erosion of the largest Argentine national university has produced, among other things, space shortage, overcrowded classrooms, lack of materials, administrative chaos, lack of scholarships, irregular assignment of positions and research budgets, informal recruiting of teachers without payment, and finally the fall of its representative system, far away from classroom reality. The article analyzes ad honorem teaching at the University of Buenos Aires. More than a third of UBA teachers do not receive payment for their services. This work delves into the actors' perspectives in a context of difficult institutional and labor conditions.