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Espinoza, Oscar; González, Luis Eduardo; Sandoval, Luis; McGinn, Noel; Corradi, Bruno – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
In 2016, Chile implemented a policy of free higher education (gratuity) for secondary school graduates from families in the lower income range. One of the stated objectives of the new policy was to increase the access of secondary school graduates from families with lower levels of education. To answer that concern, we analyzed administrative data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, High School Graduates
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Espinoza, Oscar; González, Luis Eduardo – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
This study analyzes how access to public and private institutions of higher education in Chile has changed as the post-secondary system has become increasingly privatized. It analyses access by young people to higher education from four perspectives: funding type (public/private), gender, family income level, and ethnicity. The study uses…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
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Espinoza, Oscar – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2008
By analyzing the access of different socio-economic groups to post-secondary institutions by quintile, this paper examines the impact produced by higher education financing policies in Chile during the Pinochet (1973-1990), the Aylwin (1990-1994) and the Frei (1994-2000) administrations. To this purpose, CASEN databases and semi-structured…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Financial Support, Educational Finance
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Fried, Beatriz; Abuhadba, Mario – Higher Education, 1991
The impact of 1981 reforms in Chile's higher education system is described and analyzed. The system has been diversified by encouragement of private universities and creation of professional institutes and technical training centers. Funding system changes have produced student loan recovery problems and limited private offerings. Oversupply of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Costs, Educational Change, Educational Economics