First Generation in Chilean Higher Education

Tension between Access and Inclusion in a Segmented University System

Bibliographic Data

ID4863587
AuthorsCarmen Gloria Jarpa-Arriagada (0000-0002-9896-5649, University of Bío-Bío), Carmen G Jarpa‐arriagada (Universidad del Bío‐Bío Chile), Carlos Rodríguez‐garcó, Carlos Rodríguez‐Garcós (Universidad del Bío‐Bío Chile)
Year2021
Volume40
Issue4
Pages549-564
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.13237
OpenAlexW3128621800
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited38

We analysed the Chilean university student selection processes, comparing 'First Generation' and 'Continuist' students, using the Chilean Higher Education population databases (2000-2015). Findings confirm that 60 percent of participants in the selection process are First Generation students. The data registers an increasing self-exclusion phenomenon. Of the students who did not take the selection test after enrolling, 80 percent are First Generation and 18 are enrolled in a selective university, compared to 44 in the Continuist conglomerate. These differences may be explained by cultural capital in the Bourdieu sense, in conjunction with a diversified, massified and marketalised higher education system

Cultural capital · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · First generation · Higher education · Inclusion (mineral · Mathematics education · Phenomenon · Population · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Artificial Intelligence

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