Políticas de acceso y equidad para la educación superior: un análisis sobre la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras en el valle de sula 2013-2017

Abstract

This work aims to perform an analysis about the equality and the access to higher education in the National Autonomous University of Honduras, Sula Valley. The object of the study was the UNAH-VS admissions system. There were evaluated the rates of applicants from an ethnic or socioeconomically disadvantaged group, as well as the internal procedures and policies that have been applied throughout the existence of the PAA and in the background the PASEE, to generate and maintain a gradually closing gap of social equity within the university campus. In the study was used a quantitative methodology with the available secondary data, and there were applied interviews and consultation of the UNAH-VS admissions system database, which were provided by the educational informatics department. With the data collected afterward, an analysis of the figures was initiated. Simultaneously were investigated the possible causes of its variations, considering the changes implemented internally in the admission processes in UNAH-VS, as well as the social factors that could influence the variations found. Giving as a result that even taking into consideration the processes of admission, permanence, and promotion of the UNAH, we conclude that this institution over time has created and implemented internal policies, and considerable improvements in the aforementioned processes with the objective of gradually closing the inequality gap among its students. These processes continue to receive the necessary modifications and budget increases, but they cannot be completely closed, due to the external socioeconomic factors at the country level.