Abstract

CARVAJAL-OLAYA, Patricia  and  GUEVARA-RAMIREZ, René. Is the growth of higher education enrollment in Risaralda leading to a "cheated generation"?. Prax. Saber [online]. 2021, vol.12, n.30, pp.170-191.  Epub Dec 26, 2022. ISSN 2216-0159.  https://doi.org/10.19053/22160159.v12.n30.2021.11761.

Through documentary research and statistical data, this article compiles historical, economic, social, and cultural facts regarding the configuration and development of higher education in the department of Risaralda, in an economic environment that, for some time now, has not achieved the necessary dynamics of growth to provide a working environment in which present and future generations can develop professionally, since the gap between the number of graduates and the vacancies offered by the employment market has been widening. Using objective data, the aim is to prove that the overabundance of graduates in a shrinking employment market makes it difficult for new professionals to fulfil their expectations of finding better job opportunities. Consequently, a question emerges about whether what Bourdieu theorized on the creation of a "cheated generation" is taking place in Risaralda, a generation that bet on education to acquire knowledge, that has rights granted in the titles, and that needs-but fails to achieve-positions of greater recognition within the social space.

Keywords : unemployment; economic dynamics; higher education; university degree.

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