Abstract

ZWERG-VILLEGAS, Anne Marie  and  JIMENEZ AGUILAR, Carlos Manuel. Socioeconomic Discrimination in the Hiring of University Graduates: Perceptions of the Deans of Business Schools. RMIE [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.64, pp.71-93. ISSN 1405-6666.

As part of the process of moving toward an inclusive society, Colombia's public policy with respect to inclusive education goes beyond acceptance and attendance in the educational system, to include graduates' participation in the labor market. Th is study focuses on the discrimination and employment exclusion faced by university graduates from low socioeconomic classes. Surveys completed by 98 deans of business schools show that the directors of private secular universities, private religious universities, and public universities perceive the discrimination in an equal manner. However, the directors of private secular institutions, perceiving greater discrimination, also feel more responsible for remedying it. The deans, on the other hand, show the inverse effect: the greater their perception of discrimination, the lesser their feelings of responsibility to counteract it.

Keywords : inclusive education; social discrimination; labor market; socioeconomic level; education/employment ratio; Colombia.

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