Quest for Equity in Chile’s Higher Education

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A01=Catherine Horn
A01=María Verónica Santelices
A01=Ximena Catalán
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A32=Carlos Williamson
A32=Diana Kruger
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A32=Magdalena Zarhi
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Chilean higher education
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781498543477
  • Weight: 513g
  • Dimensions: 160 x 231mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2018
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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In Chile during the last forty years, there have been important initiatives aimed at increasing equity in higher education, including the private provision of tertiary education starting in 1980, the growing support provided by the state to low-income students through financial aid, the increasing importance of institutional financial aid, a university admissions system that has made efforts to reduce the important weight standardized test scores have traditionally had in admissions decisions and institutional-level programs implemented to broadened the admission of low income students to selective institutions. This book seeks to describe the concurrent efforts undertaken both at the national and at the institutional level to increase equity in access to higher education and educational outcomes in Chile during the last four decades. Taking stock of the accomplishments of Chile´s higher education system is especially important at a time when social demands and political decisions seem to deeply question the road traveled.
Maria Veronica Santelices is associate professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Catherine Horn is professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Executive Director of the Institute for Educational Policy Research and Evaluation at the University of Houston. Ximena Catalán is a PhD student at the Department of Education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.