Resumen

JARPA-ARRIAGADA, Carmen Gloria  y  RODRIGUEZ-GARCES, Carlos. Segmentation and exclusion in Chile: The case of first generation young people in higher education. Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv [online]. 2017, vol.15, n.1, pp.327-343. ISSN 1692-715X.  https://doi.org/10.11600/1692715x.1512028032016.

Using historical databases that contain statistics on higher education admissions in Chile, this article uses an inferential and comparative statistical analysis to analyze "first generation" university students" and their career choices, contrasting with "continuous generation" students, whose parents and/or grandparents also went to university. The main findings of this report the existence of differential attributes and behaviors of "first generation" students compared to the "continuous generation" students, demonstrating the persistence of exclusion and segregation processes that manifest themselves in professional choices that are highly conditioned by the habitus that reproduces inequalities and limits aspirations to a restricted set of options. This scenario calls into question the actual exercise of making vocational choices and the increased democratization and inclusion of a mass and diversified higher education system.

Palabras clave : Higher education; college student; social exclusion; right of education; access to education; First generation; career choice; exclusion; educational segmentation; cultural capital; habitus.

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