Information and Transition to Higher Education: The Voice From Chile´s Technical-Vocational Track Students

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  In Roundtable Session: Exploring International Student Outcomes and Global Contexts in Higher Education (Table 26)

Abstract

The expectations regarding students' transition and postsecondary experience will influence students´ level of satisfaction, academic success, and their decision to persist and graduate. The existing literature shows that the knowledge students have about higher education tends to vary according to the socioeconomic level of the families and the school. This research investigates the information students from the vocational track have and their expectations regarding higher education. More than 60% of the students in the vocational track belong to the lowest two income quintiles. Our results show that students want to pursue higher education both in technical institutions and in universities; they are interested in programs that show high economic return, but they do not necessarily know what those are.

Authors

• Maria Veronica Santelices, Catholic University of Chile

• Ximena Catalan, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

• Magdalena Zarhi, Duoc UC

• Laura Muñoz, Universidad de Chile

• Alicia Ibañez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile