Some notes on autonomy in the universities of Spain and Nicaragua from the administrative perspective of law

Abstract

The public service of higher education is offered by the Nicaraguan and Spanish State through specialized institutions, these are the universities, be they public or private. The legal and administrative regime under which these institutions operate is through the decentralized model by service or by collaboration. Thus, the objective of this small study is to contrast the degree of autonomy that higher education institutions have in the system of decentralization by service or by collaboration that the respective Spanish and Nicaraguan legal frameworks grant to universities, whether they are public or private. . To do this, a doctrinal overview of what decentralization is for service and collaboration is succinctly addressed. The particular features of public and private universities in both Spain and Nicaragua are described and, finally, a comparison is made of the levels of autonomy that higher education institutions present in Spain and Nicaragua. The Methodology used in legal research is documentary theory and the type of descriptive and comparative study of the degree of autonomy in the system of decentralization by service or by collaboration of public and private universities according to university legislation in Spain and Nicaragua. Therefore, the investigation techniques were essentially documentary (primary sources of knowledge [Constitutions, laws, etc.]), specific bibliographic sources related to administrative decentralization.