In July 2016, the government presented a wide-ranging higher education reform package to Congress, interrupting a period of relative immobility in higher education legislation and strategy since the last significant changes in 2005. The chapter aims to look at major policy developments in higher education in Chile that took place before the modification to the reform bill {indicacion sustitutiva) which was sent to Congress by the Ministry of Education in April 2017. These reform efforts also demonstrate the government’s dedication to bringing higher education institutions together in a unified system.