Tenured Scholars
Carrasco, Alexander
Associate professor
Alejandro Carrasco has researched educational inequality and how educational institutions can transform the educational and social trajectories of their students. He has collaborated with Mineduc and Agencia Educación among other. He has been director of CEPPE UC, head of the Doctorate in Education, co-editor of the PEL magazine and currently Principal Investigator of the ECJ and dean of the Faculty of Education UC.
Main areas of study: Educational policy, privatization and educational markets; Effectiveness and educational change.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Education | University of Cambridge | 2010 |
| Master in Political Science | Catholic University of Chile | 2004 |
| Sociologist | Catholic University of Chile | 2000 |
| Sociology graduate | Catholic University of Chile | 1999 |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-2024 | FONDECYT | Excellence with inclusion?: Effects and strategies of highly demanding schools in the face of the new admission policies | Principal Investigator |
| 2017-2026 | CJE. Centers for Advanced Research in Education ANID. CIE project 160007 | Institutional Inclusion: Challenges of the new inclusion regulations in a privatization context | Principal Investigator |
| 2015-2018 | CONICYT project – Research Council UK (RCUK) | Institutional Inclusion: Challenges of the new inclusion regulations in a privatization context | Main investigator |
Publications
Recent
Author
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Hernaìndez, M., Carrasco, A., Bonilla, A., & Honey, N.
2023
School admissions and educational justice: Parents' moral dilemmas facing the new Chilean school admission system.
Education Policy Analysis Archives
31 (92)
Carrasco, A. & Gutieìrrez, G.
2023
Re-examining the functioning of educational markets: Does the private-subsidized sector contribute to school diversification?
British Educational Research Journal.
1-21pp.
Carrasco, A., Mendoza, M., & Flores, C.
2022
Self-segregation strategies through school choice in Chile: A middle-class domain?
Journal of Sociology
58 (3)
359-378.
Honey, N., & Carrasco, A.
2022
A New Admission System in Chile and Its Foreseen Moderate Impact on Access for Low-Income Students
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Carrasco, A., Hernández, M., Honey, N. and Oyarzún, J.
2021
School admission in Chile, new rules of the game, and the devaluation of Middle-class capitalslaunch
British Journal of Sociology of Education
Vol. 42. No. 2.
179-195pp.
Gutierrez, G. and Carrasco, A.
2021
Chile's enduring educational segregation: A trend unchanged by different cycles of reform
British Educational Research Journal
Flight. 47
1611-1634.
Carrasco, A., Honey, N., Oyarzún, J., Mendoza, M.
2020
Journal of School Choice
Flight. 15
59-87pp.
Carrasco, A. & Gunter, H.
2019
The “private” in the privatization of schools: the case of Chile
Educational Review, 71:1
Flight. 71
67-80pp.
Carrasco, A., Gutierrez, G., Flores, C.
2017
Failed regulations and school composition: Selective admission practices in Chilean primary schools
Journal of Education Policy.
Vol. 32 (5)
642–672
Carrasco, A. & Fromm, G.
2016
How local market pressures shape leadership practices: evidence from Chile
Journal of Educational Administration and History
Vol. two.
290-308pp.
Carrasco, A. and San Martin, E.
2012
Voucher System and School Effectiveness: reassessing school performance differences and parental choice decision-making”
Economics Studies
Vol. 39, No. 2.
Books
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Carrasco, A., & Flores, L.
2019
From reform to transformation. Capacities, innovations and regulation of Chilean Education
UC editions
Corvalán, J., Carrasco, A. & García-Huidobro, JE
2016
School Market and Educational Opportunity: Freedom, Diversity and Inequality
UC editions
Seppänen, P., Carrasco, A., Kalalahti, M.
2015
Contrasting Dynamics in Educational Politics of Extremes: School Choice in Chile and Finland
Sense Publishers
Book chapters
Author
Year
chapter title
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Editorial
DOI/Url
Carrasco, A., Gutiérrez, G. and Gil, D.
2025
Inclusion Law and rules for opening publicly funded schools: assessment and proposals for improvement
Irarrázaval, I., Cáceres, I., Bilbeny, B. and Cruz, F.
Proposals for Chile 2024
pp. 171-204
UC Public Policy Center
Carrasco, A.
2025
Difficulties in rolling back neoliberal policies in education: resistances to and counter-reform of the Inclusion Law in Chile. Chapter 26
Zancajo, A., Fontdevila, C., Jabbar, H. & Verger, A.
Research Handbook on Education Privatization and Marketizatio
520 p.
Elgar
Carrasco, A., Hernández, M.
2024
Progress on the Inclusion Law 10 Years After the Presidential Message. Chapter 6
Sanchez, I.
Ideas in Education IV: Impact and consequences of changes in education
688 p.
UC editions
Carrasco, A., Honey, N., Oyarzún, JD, and Bonilla, A.
2019
The new School Admissions System: Should it be reformed? Chapter 14
Carrasco, A., & Flores, L.
From reform to transformation. Capacities, innovations and regulation of Chilean Education
554 p.
UC editions
Carrasco, A., Bonilla, A. and Rasse, A.
2019
Professional capital of the subsidized private sector in Chile: diverse or unequal supply? Chapter 15
Carrasco, A., & Flores, L.
From reform to transformation. Capacities, innovations and regulation of Chilean Education
449 p.
UC editions
Villalobos, C., Carrasco, A., Trevino, E., & Wyman, I.
2019
The implementation of the New Public Education: Relevance, impact and sustainability. Chapter 13
Carrasco, A., & Flores, L.
From reform to transformation. Capacities, innovations and regulation of Chilean Education
387 p.
UC editions
Carrasco, A.
2018
New School Admissions System and school choice: Do they ensure quality?
Sanchez, I.
Ideas in Education II: Definitions in Times of Change
pp. 165-195
UC editions
Carrasco, A., Seppänen, P., Rinne, R., & Falabella, A.
2015
Educational accountability policy schemes in Chile and Finland. Chapter 3
Seppänen, P., Carrasco, A., Rinne, R. & Simola, H.
Contrasting Dynamics in Education Politics of Extremes: school choice in Chile and Finland
53 p.
SENSE Publishers
Policy Briefs
Author
Year
Title
Editorial
DOI/Url
Carrasco, A., Cabezas, V., Hilliger, I., Díaz, B., and Figueroa, C. C
2020
Initial teacher training in Chile: Proposal for a system of indicators to ensure its quality
CEPPE UC Policy Brief No. 25
Carrasco, A., Trevino, E., Villalobos, C. & Wyman, I.
2019
Challenges for the functioning of the financing of school education at the local level in Chile. A qualitative look
CEPPE UC Policy Brief No. 23
Carrasco, A., Oyarzún, JD, Bonilla, A., Honey, N., and Díaz, B.
2019
The experience of families with the new school admission system: a cultural change underway
Studies in Educational Justice, No. 1. Educational Justice Center.
Carrasco, A. and Honey, N.
2019
New School Admission System and its ability to reduce inequality of access to quality schools: at the beginning of a long road
Studies in Educational Justice, No. 1. Educational Justice Center.
Carrasco, A. et al.
2017
Technical-professional schools of Delegated Administration: Lessons learned from a supply financing system
CEPPE UC Policy Brief No. 17
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Education theory | EDU0311 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Designs in educational research of the Doctoral Program in Education | EDU4220 |
| Contemporary Educational Problems of the Doctoral Program in Education | EDU4220 |
| Educational Policies and Educational Systems, Master of Education | EDU3651 |
| Theories and Fundamentals of Education II, Doctorate in Education | EDU4201 |
| Qualitative Research Methods in Education, Doctorate in Education | EDU4029 |
| Year | Type | Name | PhD student |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Compendium | The appropriation of the policy of desegregation of the Chilean school system. A study about the responses of middle-class families to the school inclusion law | Macarena Hernandez Vejar |
| 2020 | Compendium | The appropriation of the policy of desegregation of the Chilean school system. A study about the responses of middle-class families to the school inclusion law | White Boat Lillo |
| 2020 | Compendium | The role of school support teachers in the privatization process of the Chilean school system | Camila Perez Navarro |
| 2019 | Compendium | The role of research in the initial training of teachers of basic education | Macarena Yancovic Allen |
| 2018 | Traditional | School social intervention programs. Implementation processes, intervention strategies and educational implications | Alejandra Santana Lopez |
| 2018 | Traditional | Factors of inequality in the distribution of opportunities in Chilean physical education and health | Ricardo Cerda Rioseco |
| 2017 | Traditional | The distinction in the misery of position. Case studies of dropouts and non-dropouts in a poor rural community in El Salvador | Carolina Rovira Quesada |
Commitment
Management Responsibilities at the Faculty or University
2021-present: Dean Faculty of Education UC
2016-2021: Director of the Center for the Study of Policies and Practices in Education CEPPE UC
2017-2018: Head of the Department of Educational Theory and Policy of the Faculty of Education UC
2014-2015: Academic Deputy Director Center for the Study of Policies and Practices in Education CEPPE UC
Social Impact
2011-2016: PEL Magazine Editorial Committee
