The Persistence of the University Dream: Class and Social Mobility as Projected by Students at a Chilean University

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationSociological Research Online, 29 (4), 880-861, 2024
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.1177/13607804231212315
datacite.alternateIdentifier.issn1360-7804
datacite.creatorRojo-Mendoza, Félix
datacite.creatorSepúlveda Sánchez, Denisse
datacite.creatorBaeza Rivas, Fernando
datacite.date2024
datacite.rightsRegistro bibliográfico
datacite.subjectAspirations
datacite.subjectClass Identity
datacite.subjectExpectations
datacite.subjectSocial Origin
datacite.subjectSocial Stratification
datacite.titleThe Persistence of the University Dream: Class and Social Mobility as Projected by Students at a Chilean University
dc.contributor.authorROJO MENDOZA, FELIX STALIN
dc.description.abstractHigher education is considered an important dimension for building more egalitarian societies. However, despite the social value assigned to it, international evidence indicates that the social status of students families continues to prevent significant mobility in the social structure. In Chile, despite policies to increase access to higher education, the university system continues to reproduce inequalities of origin through selection, separating elite students from low-income students. In this context, little is known about the perception that university students have of the role that these institutions play in social mobility, especially for those of more disadvantaged social origins. This article explores and describes the persistence of the university dream among Chilean s students at the Catholic University of Temuco, the Chilean educational institution with the highest percentage of poor students in the country, analyzing it on the understanding that aspirations represent idealist targets of the desired social class, while expectations represent realistic goals regarding the expected social class. Based on a statistical analysis of survey data from 209 students, results show that students family origin does not prevent them from projecting themselves as part of a higher class, with the university acting as an agent that dynamizes positions to favor greater homogeneity in the future social structure. In addition, postgraduate degrees are defined as a catalyst for future social mobility. Finally, the future tensions between the still-hegemonic meritocratic discourse and the reality of the social space that these students will occupy are discussed. © 2024 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
dc.description.ia_keywordsocial, students, university, mobility, class, higher, chilean
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publishing
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dc.sourceSociological Research Online
dc.subject.ia_odsODS 1: Fin de la pobreza
dc.subject.ia_oecd1nCiencias Sociales
dc.subject.ia_oecd2nSociología
dc.subject.ia_oecd3nSociología
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oaire.citationEdition2024
oaire.citationEndPage880
oaire.citationIssue4
oaire.citationStartPage861
oaire.citationTitleSociological Research Online
oaire.citationVolume29
oaire.fundingReferenceANID FONDECYT 1201255 (Regular)
oaire.fundingReferenceUniversidad Católica de Temuco Proyecto 1899
oaire.licenseConditionCopyright © SAGE Publications and the British Sociological Association, 2024
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uct.comunidadCiencias Socialesen_US
uct.departamentoDepartamento de Sociología y Ciencia Política
uct.facultadFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
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uct.indizacionSociological Abstracts
uct.indizacionInternational Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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