Higher Education and Indigenous Students in Oaxaca: Problems and Challenges

College students from Indigenous groups face particular challenges that add up to the challenges of taking a university major. As if this were not enough, styudying a major in one of the poorest Mexican states and with a lower academic level in the country poses extraordinary efforts to the students...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Reyes Pérez, Omar de Jesús, López Santiago, Noemí
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/6700
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/6700
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:universidad
indígena
Oaxaca
problemas
desafíos
university
indigenous people
problems
challenges
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Sumario:College students from Indigenous groups face particular challenges that add up to the challenges of taking a university major. As if this were not enough, styudying a major in one of the poorest Mexican states and with a lower academic level in the country poses extraordinary efforts to the students to complete their majors successfully. This paper presents some of the challenges faced by indigenous students studying at “Universidad del Mar,” Huatulco Campus.