Publication: Colombia - Assisting Talented Students from Low-income Families Attend Tertiary Education
Date
2007-01
ISSN
Published
2007-01
Author(s)
Cerdán-Infantes, Pedro
Blom, Andreas
Abstract
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.
Citation
“Cerdán-Infantes, Pedro; Blom, Andreas. 2007. Colombia - Assisting Talented Students from Low-income Families Attend Tertiary Education. en breve; No. 100. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/4fca07e6-6337-535a-ae2b-0e47d8846038 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”