Abstract

FLANAGAN-BORQUEZ, Andrea; ROJAS-MURPHYTAGLE, Andrés; GUZMAN-VALENZUELA, Carolina  and  VARAS-AGUILERA, Pilar. Critical Analysis of the State of Research on First-generation College Students in Latin America. RMIE [online]. 2023, vol.28, n.97, pp.363-390.  Epub Sep 06, 2023. ISSN 1405-6666.

First-generation students (FGS) have become a recent field of study as a result of the massification processes of higher education. The objective of this paper is to analyze Latin American articles on FGS published from 2002 to 2020, and indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and SciELO; the research is centered on the dimensions/variables under study and the theoretical approaches and methodologies used. The results show that research on FGS in Latin America is in the incipient stage-produced primarily in the Southern Cone. It follows the theoretical patterns of the global north; in other words, the object of study is addressed through sociological or psychological theories that emphasize individual characteristics as a determining factor in academic persistence.

Keywords : higher education; students; Latin America; documentary analysis; public policies.

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