The Quest for Equity in Chile’s Higher Education

Decades of Continued Efforts

María Verónica Santelices, Catherine Horn, Ximena Catalán

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2018
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498543484
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Relevant Terms
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• SECTION I: Framing the Issue
• SECTION II: Higher Education Decision-Making Process
• SECTION III: University Admissions
• SECTION VI: Student Financial Aid and Educational Outcomes
• SECTION V: Conclusions and Lessons Learned
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors