This article analyzes the relationship between intellectuals, university and politics in Argentina having as a starting point the discussion on the vitality of the postulates of the 1918 University of Cordoba Reform. Firstly, the paper discusses the reasons for the long duration of the reformist identity as a form of intervention by intellectuals. Secondly, it presents the current questions addressed to this identity which are associated with the project of university regeneration and to the model of relationship between intellectuals and politics.