Affordable Higher Education in Mexico : Implications for Career Advancement and Social Mobility
Laureate universities offer higher education degrees in the Mexican context, an environment where there is a significant, unmet demand for college degrees and yet, private universities face a highly competitive market to expand their services. This...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/907011486370429185/Affordable-higher-education-in-Mexico-implications-for-career-advancement-and-social-mobility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26052 |
| Summary: | Laureate universities offer higher
education degrees in the Mexican context, an environment
where there is a significant, unmet demand for college
degrees and yet, private universities face a highly
competitive market to expand their services. This study is
an ex-post impact evaluation. Namely, it was planned and
implemented, years after the individuals participating in
this study enrolled and graduated from college, cancelling
the possibility of having baseline information available.
Thus, the study relies on data collected directly from the
field, including a college graduate’s survey, an employer’s
survey, and in-depth interviews to Laureate former students.
The analysis is based on a quasi-experimental approach for
an impact evaluation, complemented with descriptive
statistics and qualitative information. The outcome results
assessed in this report can be grouped into three
categories: a) economic capital and employment, which refers
to various aspects of the alumni’s professional career and
income generation after graduation; b) career advancement,
which measures ability to be promoted and access to
managerial positions, and c) social progress, which captures
the change in an individual’s position within a power
hierarchy via occupational prestige and the change in
socioeconomic levels during shorter periods of time (as
opposed to an intergenerational change). |
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