Permanencia en educación universitaria en Perú

Abstract

This research presents an empirical analysis of the permanence decisions of university students in the context of the implementation of the university reform initiated in 2014 in Peru. One of the pillars of this reform is the granting of institutional licenses, after the verification of up to eight basic quality conditions in the provision of the educational service offered by the universities. In this ongoing process, there is growing concern about the chances of students being able to continue their university studies in the face of denial of licenses to universities, programs, and/or affiliates. Using information on the educational status, individual characteristics of the students and their homes, as well as characteristics of the educational offer (type of management of the university, the cost of the educational service and obtaining the institutional license), a model of discrete choice with panel data, whose results show evidence on the factors that determine the permanence of university students. Among the most important factors are: (i) the performance of the students, (ii) the participation in the labor market, (iii) a proxy for university quality (cost of the educational service) and (iv) the type of university management.

Keywords

• university reform
• permanence
• human capital
• discreet election