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Why Do Students Leave? Persistence in Selective Universities
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Oscar Espinoza; Luis Eduardo González; Luis Sandoval; Noel McGinn; Bruno Corradi – Research Papers in Education, 2024
In Chile many university students do not persist to graduation. Some students dropped out in the first year, others later. The objective of this study, based on students admitted to but not graduating from selective universities, was to identify factors associated with their academic success and length of persistence before withdrawal. The 707…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Selective Admission, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
"My Abilities Were Pretty Mediocre": Challenging Deficit Discourses in Expanding Higher Education Systems
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Reyes, Natalia Ávila; Navarro, Federico; Tapia-Ladino, Mónica – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023
Perceiving new student populations as underprepared is a common response to the expansion of university systems and the diversification of the student body. Latin America, as other developing regions, has increased its university enrolment of underrepresented, historically excluded students, through a variety of policies. This study analyzes the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status, Disadvantaged, Self Concept
Aggregated Results of Access Programs Implemented by Universities in Chile: Students' Persistence Using a Matched Sample
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Santelices, Maria Veronica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena; Venegas, Alejandra – Higher Education Policy, 2022
During the last ten years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started admission programs to increase equity in higher education that consider the achievement of students in the context of educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores persistence rates of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Program Implementation, Equal Education
Institution-Level Admissions Initiatives in Chile: Enhancing Equity in Higher Education?
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Santelices, María Verónica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
During the last 10 years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started to implement admissions programs that consider the achievement of students in the context of the educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores the program theories in a sample of these…
Descriptors: College Admission, Equal Education, Selective Admission, Institutional Characteristics
Modeling the Impacts of National and Institutional Financial Aid Opportunities on Persistence at an Elite Chilean University
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Horn, Catherine; Santelices, María Verónica; Avendaño, Ximena Catalán – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2014
Much of the recent Chilean educational debate and reform has centered around issues of higher education cost, debt burden, and availability of grants versus loans. This quantitative case study of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile sought to understand the longitudinal contributions of combinations of types of financial aid to persistence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Selective Admission, Student Financial Aid, Academic Persistence