The experience of students in vulnerable contexts in different University Higher Education institutions (IESU, by the spanish acronym): Research outcomes.

Authors

  • Daniel Leyton Universidad Alberto Hurtado
  • Alba Vásquez Universidad Alberto Hurtado
  • Valentina Fuenzalida Universidad Alberto Hurtado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31619/caledu.n37.87

Keywords:

institutional habit, social and academic integration, cultural capital, social declass, social class

Abstract

This paper presents the main results of a study about students' experiences in social and academic integration in 4 different types of universities. Results are based primarily in 29 interviews to students from vulnerable social backgrounds. The main findings show that in the elite university it dominates a declass experience as an integration strategy marked by denying social origins. In the academic and non-academic multi-class universities, the experiences are featured by social closure along with positive perception of social heterogeneity. In turn, in the academic multi-class university, high academic integration is expressed in their commitments and transformations of their study practices. Finally, at the lower-class university, there are precarious levels of social and academic integration despite the existing class identity among students.

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Published

2012-03-19

Issue

No. 37 (2012): Revista Calidad en la Educación

Section

RESEARCH PAPERS

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