Students from Rural and Urban Areas and Their Entry to the University

Santiago Noemi Lopez and Omar de Jesus Reyes Perez

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Abstract: The aim of this research is to understand the general context of higher education students in both rural and urban areas of Oaxaca. The theoretical basis is constructivism, because it takes into account the individual's environment for the development of learning. It is a research work whose method consists of a bibliographic review and descriptive statistics on socio-demographic and educational variables. Its value lies in the visualization of the difficulties that persist among young people just entering university and the lack of physical and technological school infrastructure as well as the socio-economic conditions in which the students live. The results provide evidence of the gap in access to higher education between the rural and urban population as a result of the lack of public government investment in the educational, social and digital areas. Less than half of the households have access to information and communication technologies, which significantly hinder their university education. These aspects invite urgent and necessary international reflection on the forms of governance in higher education, which is not limited to the Mexican context.

Keywords: access; higher education; Oaxaca; rural; urban (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.113776

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