Vol. 17 No. 3 (2007)
Artículos de Investigación

Comprendiendo la Desigualdad en Educación Superior de Guanajuato en 1997

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  • Humberto Rodríguez Partida,
  • Martha Leticia Guevara Sanginés
Humberto Rodríguez Partida
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Martha Leticia Guevara Sanginés
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2007.162

Published 2007-12-01

Keywords

  • Educational inequity,
  • Higher education,
  • Gender,
  • Social mobility.
  • Desigualdad educativa,
  • Educación superior,
  • Género,
  • Movilidad social.

How to Cite

Rodríguez Partida, H., & Guevara Sanginés, M. L. (2007). Comprendiendo la Desigualdad en Educación Superior de Guanajuato en 1997. Acta Universitaria, 17(3), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2007.162

Abstract

Social inequalities regarding access, permanence, and success in educational processes have their origin in personal, family, social, and economic factors. The profile of students seeking entry into institutions of higher education was studied in order to identify which personal factors, such as gender, educational path, socioeconomic background and locality, have an influence on access to higher education programs at the Universidad de Guanajuato in the academic year 1997-1998. Results show several differences: Family income is higher for accepted applicants than for non-accepted ones; more male than female applicants were accepted; more residents from the industrial corridor were accepted than from other localities; and there was more intergenerational social mobility of children in reference to mothers than fathers. Uncovering the origin of educational inequities and knowing the relations between socioeconomic features of prospective students will permit the understanding, prevention, and management of educational inequalities in our society.

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