Caracterización inicial de estudiantes en una universidad chilena: Variables de ingreso asociadas a la movilidad social

Mauricio Humberto Díaz Araya; Joaquín Ignacio Cortés Osorio; Fabián Ramos Aguirre; Jadira Fontana Leiva; Katy Dorador Donoso

doi:10.5354/0719-5885.2021.58181

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Initial characterization of students in a Chilean university

Authors

Mauricio Humberto Díaz Araya Universidad Católica del Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-0196
Joaquín Ignacio Cortés Osorio Universidad Católica del Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-8739
Fabián Ramos Aguirre Universidad Católica del Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-7049
Jadira Fontana Leiva Universidad Católica del Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-5873
Katy Dorador Donoso Universidad Católica del Norte http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-2424

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.58181

Abstract

This research describes the sociodemographic and educational reality of the 2018 admission cohort of the Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile,in order to identify possible variables associated with the social mobility of these students and lay the foundations for their monitoring from a qualitative perspective.The problem acquires relevance within the framework of current educational trends worldwide and in relation to the characteristics of the Chilean social structure.In this regard, the literature iden- tifies three types of mobility used for the present analysis: structural, relative intragenerational and relative intergenerational. This correlational descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative type study used probability sampling (n = 430) of university students who answered a institutional characterization survey. Among the main findings is a high presence of low-income first-generation students or whose parents do not have university studies, a group made up mostly of women. These variables could be mainly related to intergenerational social mobility. It is concluded that social mobility is a fertile area for research within the university, complementing the information on academic trajectories and allowing the university institutions to be placed with respect to their educational inclusion policies

Keywords:

University entrance, social mobility, relative social mobility, first generation students, social inequality

Author Biographies

Mauricio Humberto Díaz Araya, Universidad Católica del Norte

Mauricio Humberto Díaz Araya is a psychologist with a degree in Psychology from Universidad del Mar, Master in Psychology with mention in Community Psychology from Universidad de Chile and PhD candidate in Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, national doctoral fellow ANID (National Agency for Research and Development, Chile). He is also a facilitator of the Academic Success team and a professor at the Universidad Católica del Norte.

E-mail: mdiazg@ucn.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-0196.

Joaquín Ignacio Cortés Osorio, Universidad Católica del Norte

Joaquín Ignacio Cortés Osorio is a psychologist, with a degree in Psychology from the Universidad de La Serena, and a Master's degree in Discourse Studies from the Universidad de La Serena. He also teaches as a tutor at Universidad Católica del Norte.

E-mail: joaquin.cortes@ce.ucn.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-8739.

Fabián Ramos Aguirre, Universidad Católica del Norte

Fabián Andrés Ramos Aguirre is a psychologist with a degree in Psychology from the Universidad de La Serena, facilitator of the Éxito Académico team and tutor at the Universidad Católica del Norte.

E-mail: fabian.ramos@ucn.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0406-2789.

Jadira Fontana Leiva, Universidad Católica del Norte

Jadira Isabel Fontana Leiva has a degree in Sociology from the University of Chile and is a tutor at the Universidad Católica del Norte.

E-mail: jadira.fontana@ce.ucn.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7828-5873.

Katy Dorador Donoso, Universidad Católica del Norte

Katy Alejandra Dorador Donoso is a civil industrial engineer with a degree in Engineering from the Universidad Católica del Norte, a Master's degree in Business Management from the Universidad Santa María, and Director of Analysis and Management of the Academic Vice Rector's Office of the Universidad Católica del Norte.

E-mail: kdorador@ucn.cl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-2424.

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Díaz Araya, M. H., Cortés Osorio, J. I., Ramos Aguirre, F., Leiva, J. F., & Dorador Donoso, K. (2021). Initial characterization of students in a Chilean university: Entrance variables associated with social mobility. Revista Pedagogía Universitaria Y Didáctica Del Derecho, 8(1), 347–368. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5885.2021.58181