ROZO VANEGAS, Natalia. Access and equality in the admissions system at the undergraduate program level at the Universidad Surcolombiana in the light of Sentence T-441-1997. []. , 53, 138, pp.1-.   20--2023. ISSN 0120-3886.  https://doi.org/10.18566/rfdcp.v53n138.a8.

Sentence T-144-1997 stablishes the concept of "Inequality of origin" and allows universities, under the university autonomy principle, the creation of special quotas in their admission systems for people from marginalized areas which, due to their condition, cannot submit under equal conditions the admission test to higher education programs. Through an analytical-descriptive approach supported by a mixed method, the admission system at the undergraduate program level at the Universidad Surcolombiana was analyzed from the following factors: official or private nature of the secondary education, and the socioeconomic stratum of the admitted applicants; elements that affect the configuration of the marginalized zones. All this in order to determine if there are inequality gaps in the admissions system with regards to the community that is in higher state abandonment. The study finds that the admission of applicants from public schools and low stratum predominates. It is only in certain undergraduate programs where there is a leveling and incipient numerical dominance of those admitted from private institutions over those from public institutions. Also, it shows the ineffectiveness of socioeconomic stratification to demonstrate the economic capacity of those admitted.

: University autonomy; access to higher education; equality; T/441/1997; university admissions system.

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