Adolescents' Expectations for Higher Education in Bogota, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia

Autor/inn/en	Forste, Renata; Heaton, Tim B.; Haas, David W.
Titel	Adolescents' Expectations for Higher Education in Bogota, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 36 (2004) 1, S.56-76 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X03260762
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Expectation; Higher Education; Family Influence; Peer Groups; Educational Attainment; High School Students; Access to Education; Educational Quality; Bolivia; Colombia (Bogota) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Expectancy; Erwartung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bolivien
Abstract	Drawing on status attainment models, the authors examine the effects of family, peer, and school factors on expectations to graduate from a university for a sample of high school students in Bogota, Colombia, and La Paz, Bolivia. The expansion of higher education in these countries has followed different strategies. In Bolivia, the policy has been to increase access to higher education, however at the cost of quality. In Colombia, expansion has been slower and has attempted to improve the quality of education. Although each context is distinct, students in both cities have similar expectations to graduate from a university. Access to education, however, is still very closely tied to socioeconomic background in Bogota, whereas family structure is the primary factor influencing expectations in La Paz. We conclude that family factors as well as the context of higher education influence the expectations of high school students to graduate from a university. (Author).
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