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EJ955997 - Constitutional Reform and the Opportunity for Higher Education Access in Ecuador since 1950

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ERIC #:	EJ955997
Title:	Constitutional Reform and the Opportunity for Higher Education Access in Ecuador since 1950
Authors:	Post, David
Descriptors:	Higher Education; Universities; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Probability; Access to Education; Educational Legislation; Equal Education; Educational Opportunities; Politics; Census Figures; Surveys; American Indian Languages; Spanish; Native Language; Ethnicity; Family Income; Mothers; Welfare Services; Poverty; Fees; Disadvantaged; Advantaged; Educational History; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis
Source:	Education Policy Analysis Archives, v19 n20 Jul 2011
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Colleges of Education at Arizona State University and the University of South Florida. c/o Editor, USF EDU162, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620-5650. Tel: 813-974-3400; Fax: 813-974-3826; Web site: http://epaa.asu.edu
Publication Date:	2011-07-20
Pages:	24
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Abstract:	Ecuador's 2008 Constitution--and a subsequent law on higher education passed in its wake--effectively suspended student fees for public universities. The goal of this reform was to increase equality of opportunity. In this article I use newly-available individual-level retrospective information from the 2001 Census to explore gender and ethnic inequality in educational attainment since the 1950s. After establishing the long term historical tendencies, I discuss the politics and implementation of the Constitutional reform. Then, recent national survey data are analyzed to show the recent trends in access to universities depending on home language (Quichua versus Spanish), ethnicity, parental income, and whether or not the mother had received a poverty-alleviation welfare transfer. I find that, after the suspension of user fees, there was an increased gap in the probability and rates of public university access between the more-advantaged and the less-advantaged populations of Ecuador. (Contains 6 figures, 1 table and 3 footnotes.)
Abstractor:	As Provided
Reference Count:	18

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Identifiers:	Ecuador
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-1068-2341
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education
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