Constructs Behind the College Information Level of High School Students

• In Event: Moscone Center West Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: The Intersections of College Knowledge, Social Capital, and College Choice

Abstract

Despite rapid increase in the enrollment rates experienced in Chile during the last two decades, there still are important differences in the proportion of students attending higher education by socioeconomic levels. We believe these differences may be in part related to the knowledge and perception high school students have about college. The research presented in this study explores the latent variables that are involved in the process of acquiring information and making decisions about college.This is done for the case of Chile using a sample of 1,600 high school students and information collected using an instrument designed specially for this project.

Authors

• Maria Veronica Santelices, Catholic University of Chile

• Catherine L. Horn, University of Houston

• JUAN ACEVEDO

• Magdalena Zarhi, Duoc UC

• Ximena Catalan, Catholic University of Chile