Luis Eduardo González
Biographic Data
| ID | 3845987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis Eduardo González |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis Eduardo |
| FAMILY NAME | González |
| SIGNATURE | GONZÁLEZ L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Classification of Dropouts to Improve Student Re-Engagement: The Case of Chilean Secondary Opportunity Centers
Chile offers high school dropouts a chance to graduate through enrollment in Second Opportunity Centers, located in cities ranging in population from 5 million inhabitants to less than 100,000. Participants in 18 centers were classified into four distinct classes based on their family situation, handicaps, employment, experience with discrimination, and ambitions. Students were compared with respect to their satisfaction with Center activities. S…
Engaging dropouts with differentiated practices: Some evidence from Chile
The objective of this study was to identify those activities that re-engage out-of-school youth who enrol in the so-called ‘recovery’ schools now operating in Chile. Recovery schools can offer different kinds of activities in order to engage their students; are some activities more effective than others? Is their effect moderated by the type of dropouts who participate? Chile recently opened a national programme of Second Opportunity Schools (Esc…
Visión de titulados de la carrera de Psicología que acceden por primera vez al mercado laboral en Chile
Se analizan los factores intervinientes en el proceso de inserción laboral de titulados de la carrera de Psicología provenientes de universidades de Chile con distinto nivel de selectividad. A partir de entrevistas en profundidad se destaca un contexto de saturación del campo laboral, lo cual releva los factores de prestigio institucional y calidad de la formación profesional como aspectos determinantes en el proceso de inserción laboral. Esta si…
Factors that affect post-graduation satisfaction of Chilean university students
Universities’ reputations are built in part on graduates’ assessments of the quality of education they received. What do these assessments tell us? Are graduates’ judgments of quality based on their experiences as students or on their later job satisfaction, that is, on process or on outcomes? The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which Chilean university graduates’ satisfaction with their professional training is associated wit…
Attempts at Neoliberal Urban Planning in Postearthquake Chile: Master Plans for Reconstruction
Urban and regional reconstruction after the February 27, 2010, earthquake and tsunami in Chile was organized by master plans at the local level. These plans, based on public-private partnerships, can be considered an innovation as an instrument of postdisaster reconstruction. They emerged as a commitment to privatization of urban planning in Chile. An analysis of two master plans based on field research carried out between 2011 and 2014 reveals t…
What if privatising higher education becomes an issue? The case of Chile and Mexico
Over the last 30 years, Chile and Mexico have been implementing neoliberal policies to reform their higher education systems. This report compares the development and impact of those policies within three main areas in both countries, namely: (1) trends and characteristics of the growing private higher education sector, (2) commercialisation and business-like trends that private academia is experiencing and, finally, (3) it discusses how all this…
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America
Following a common analytical framework, the authors trace the experiences with democratic and authoritarian rule and assess the underlying causes of democratic success and failure in ten Latin American countries.
Uruguay, 1980-1981: An Unexpected Opening
From mid-1980 to the present, Uruguay has experienced greater political change than during the previous seven years. This essay examines the salient political event that separates the two periods: the national plebiscite of November 1980. Its relevance, the causal conditions that might account for its unexpected results, and its probable short-range consequences will be explored. The argument assumes a general familiarity with Uruguayan politics …
What if privatising higher education becomes an issue? The case of Chile and Mexico
Over the last 30 years, Chile and Mexico have been implementing neoliberal policies to reform their higher education systems. This report compares the development and impact of those policies within three main areas in both countries, namely: (1) trends and characteristics of the growing private higher education sector, (2) commercialisation and business-like trends that private academia is experiencing and, finally, (3) it discusses how all this…
Factors that affect post-graduation satisfaction of Chilean university students
Universities’ reputations are built in part on graduates’ assessments of the quality of education they received. What do these assessments tell us? Are graduates’ judgments of quality based on their experiences as students or on their later job satisfaction, that is, on process or on outcomes? The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which Chilean university graduates’ satisfaction with their professional training is associated wit…
Engaging dropouts with differentiated practices: Some evidence from Chile
The objective of this study was to identify those activities that re-engage out-of-school youth who enrol in the so-called ‘recovery’ schools now operating in Chile. Recovery schools can offer different kinds of activities in order to engage their students; are some activities more effective than others? Is their effect moderated by the type of dropouts who participate? Chile recently opened a national programme of Second Opportunity Schools (Esc…
Attempts at Neoliberal Urban Planning in Postearthquake Chile: Master Plans for Reconstruction
Urban and regional reconstruction after the February 27, 2010, earthquake and tsunami in Chile was organized by master plans at the local level. These plans, based on public-private partnerships, can be considered an innovation as an instrument of postdisaster reconstruction. They emerged as a commitment to privatization of urban planning in Chile. An analysis of two master plans based on field research carried out between 2011 and 2014 reveals t…
Uruguay, 1980-1981: An Unexpected Opening
From mid-1980 to the present, Uruguay has experienced greater political change than during the previous seven years. This essay examines the salient political event that separates the two periods: the national plebiscite of November 1980. Its relevance, the causal conditions that might account for its unexpected results, and its probable short-range consequences will be explored. The argument assumes a general familiarity with Uruguayan politics …
Democracy in Developing Countries: Latin America
Following a common analytical framework, the authors trace the experiences with democratic and authoritarian rule and assess the underlying causes of democratic success and failure in ten Latin American countries.
What if privatising higher education becomes an issue? The case of Chile and Mexico
Over the last 30 years, Chile and Mexico have been implementing neoliberal policies to reform their higher education systems. This report compares the development and impact of those policies within three main areas in both countries, namely: (1) trends and characteristics of the growing private higher education sector, (2) commercialisation and business-like trends that private academia is experiencing and, finally, (3) it discusses how all this…
Attempts at Neoliberal Urban Planning in Postearthquake Chile: Master Plans for Reconstruction
Urban and regional reconstruction after the February 27, 2010, earthquake and tsunami in Chile was organized by master plans at the local level. These plans, based on public-private partnerships, can be considered an innovation as an instrument of postdisaster reconstruction. They emerged as a commitment to privatization of urban planning in Chile. An analysis of two master plans based on field research carried out between 2011 and 2014 reveals t…
Visión de titulados de la carrera de Psicología que acceden por primera vez al mercado laboral en Chile
Se analizan los factores intervinientes en el proceso de inserción laboral de titulados de la carrera de Psicología provenientes de universidades de Chile con distinto nivel de selectividad. A partir de entrevistas en profundidad se destaca un contexto de saturación del campo laboral, lo cual releva los factores de prestigio institucional y calidad de la formación profesional como aspectos determinantes en el proceso de inserción laboral. Esta si…
Factors that affect post-graduation satisfaction of Chilean university students
Universities’ reputations are built in part on graduates’ assessments of the quality of education they received. What do these assessments tell us? Are graduates’ judgments of quality based on their experiences as students or on their later job satisfaction, that is, on process or on outcomes? The objective of this study was to assess the extent to which Chilean university graduates’ satisfaction with their professional training is associated wit…
Engaging dropouts with differentiated practices: Some evidence from Chile
The objective of this study was to identify those activities that re-engage out-of-school youth who enrol in the so-called ‘recovery’ schools now operating in Chile. Recovery schools can offer different kinds of activities in order to engage their students; are some activities more effective than others? Is their effect moderated by the type of dropouts who participate? Chile recently opened a national programme of Second Opportunity Schools (Esc…
Classification of Dropouts to Improve Student Re-Engagement: The Case of Chilean Secondary Opportunity Centers
Chile offers high school dropouts a chance to graduate through enrollment in Second Opportunity Centers, located in cities ranging in population from 5 million inhabitants to less than 100,000. Participants in 18 centers were classified into four distinct classes based on their family situation, handicaps, employment, experience with discrimination, and ambitions. Students were compared with respect to their satisfaction with Center activities. S…
Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)