Colombia - Assisting Talented Students from Low-income Families Attend Tertiary Education

With the support of the ACCES (Acceso Con Calidad a la Educacion Superior, in Spanish) Project Colombia shifted its tertiary education policy, implementing comprehensive reforms to improve equity of tertiary education. The result of this shift has been impressive: enrollment in tertiary education increased by 30 percent in the last 3 years. The project has contributed to improved access to tertiary education for the poor through three direct outcomes: 1) the availability of student loans for low-income students was markedly improved by the project; 2) the support to doctoral programs has dramatically increased the number of Colombian doctoral students and programs; and 3) the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Education has increased substantially.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cerdán-Infantes, Pedro, Blom, Andreas
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION, ACHIEVEMENTS, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, CAREER, CAREERS, COURSE OFFERINGS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, DOCTORAL STUDENTS, DROP OUT RATES, DROP-OUT RATES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT RATES, EQUITABLE ACCESS, FEES, GOOD QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION, GRADUATE DEGREES, GRADUATION RATES, HIGH-INCOME STUDENTS, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVING ACCESS, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATIVE POLICIES, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABOR MARKET, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, PROFESSORS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, STUDENT AID, STUDENT ASSISTANCE, STUDENT GUIDANCE, STUDENT LOAN, STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM, STUDENT LOAN SCHEME, STUDENT LOANS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTION, TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY ENROLLMENT, TERTIARY LEVEL, TUITION, UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, UNIVERSITY DEGREES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7547176/colombia-assisting-talented-students-low-income-families-attend-tertiary-education https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10303
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