ERIC Number: EJ1215983
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Getting There and Staying In: First-Generation Indigenous Students' Educational Pathways into Chilean Higher Education
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v32 n5 p529-546 2019
Drawing on a total of 26 life history interviews with indigenous students in higher education, the article examines the role of activating valued resources and personal strategies to navigate unequal pathways into higher education. In Chile, the historical inequalities for indigenous people's access to higher education are beginning to be reverted, but these changes misrecognize ongoing disadvantages in regard to experiencing university life. Selection choices regarding the institution and course are based on restricted information sources and prior knowledge, whilst the capital required to succeed is heavily biased toward higher socioeconomic backgrounds. This notwithstanding, students' transitions into higher education are marked by spontaneous adaptations to work routines, managing crises, and the activation of other resources for 'staying in'. Emphasis is placed on the resilience expressed by these young people, as the first-generation from their families to access higher education, to negotiate cumulative disadvantages from low-quality educational establishments and poverty.
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Educational Mobility, Disadvantaged, Social Capital, First Generation College Students, Resilience (Psychology), Student Adjustment, Poverty, Educational Quality, Cultural Background, Barriers, Working Class, Personal Narratives, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Socioeconomic Background, Low Income Students, Access to Education, Family Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Chile (Santiago)
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