Access to higher education in latin america. Myth or reality?

Abstract

Access to higher education is a right that all human beings have, and it is up to the rulers of each country to guarantee resources and access for young people to universities. This work is developed with the objective of characterizing the reality of access to higher education in the Latin American context to dismantle the slogan that is a myth and not a reality. The research is predominantly qualitative and descriptive and focuses on the analysis of the main UNESCO statistics related to higher education in Latin America and the world. The study showed that only 54% of the population between 18 and 24 years old enter higher education in Latin America, which implies that almost half of young people do not access universities. In Latin America, for every 100 men who enter universities, 128 women enter, which shows that the gender approach does not influence access to universities, but less than 30% of young people from rural areas can enter the higher education system. , only 40% of indigenous people and 45.5% of Afro-descendants, which implies that there are large gaps related to ethnicities and place of residence for access to universities