© The Author(s) 2022.The High School (HS) Ranking is an equity policy aimed at increasing the enrolment of students from underprivileged contexts in selective higher education institutions in Chile. However, HS Ranking is ...

Public debates on equity in higher education usually focus on the impact of admissions and funding policies on systems as a whole. More specifically, it is assumed that, first, the more selective the admission criteria and ...

Latin American countries have been enjoying a strong growth during the 2000s for the first time since the debt crisis of the 1980s. This article focuses on some of the changes that took place during these boom years with ...

This paper discusses the role of a popular preparatory school to Universities' admission exams in developing equity access to Chilean Higher Education from the instructional psychology and the social constructivism ...

During the first decade of the 21st century, Latin America experienced an intense economic growth that increased access in the school system. In this context, the paper analyzes four different programs from Bolivia ...