Relocating within the university. Proposal of a relocation rate based on a study of educational trajectories

Authors

  • Alícia Villar-Aguilés University of Valencia
  • Francesc Jesús Hernàndez i Dobon University of Valencia
  • Rafael García-Ros University of Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.23.1.9059

Keywords:

University studies, students, achievement, dropout, educational pathways

Abstract

The university has undergone important changes in recent years as the expansion of greater heterogeneity in the student profile. This reality has led to significant changes in the university access, the achievement and the exit to the labour market. Students from different socioeconomic backgrounds, different access pathways and incorporated into the university with different expectations and rhythms are producing a diversification of educational paths. In this sense, a higher frequency of educational pathways that trigger changes and school leavers occurs, which has meant that numerous studies have been developed to determine the explanatory factors. This article approaches the changes of degrees and dropouts of university studies using the concept of “academic relocation” through an analysis of educational pathways of 60,300 subjects. The period examined have been six academic years (2009-10 to 2014-15). The main aim is to study the “relocations” between undergraduate degrees for, from this, proposes a new indicator: the “rate of relocations”. The perceived differences between degrees and their grouping by branches of knowledge allow noting the important institutional heterogeneity

Author Biographies

Alícia Villar-Aguilés, University of Valencia

[ORCID: 0000-0003-1748-0234 ]. Professor of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology of the University of Valencia. Her research lines are related to the analyzes on the transformations of the profiles of university students, the trajectories and educational and professional transitions. Postal address: Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social. Universitat de València. Avinguda dels Tarongers 4b, 46022 Valencia (Spain)

Francesc Jesús Hernàndez i Dobon, University of Valencia

[ORCID: 0000-0001-5229-2998 ]. Professor and current director of the Institute of Creativity and Educational Innovations of the University of Valencia. His lines of research are the study of educational and social inequalities, educational indicators and educational trajectories. Postal address: Departament de Sociologia i Antropologia Social. Universitat de València. Avinguda dels Tarongers 4b, 46022 Valencia (Spain)

Rafael García-Ros, University of Valencia

[ORCID: 0000-0001-9486-1001 ]. Professor and current director of the Department of Evolutionary Developmental and Education Psychology at the University of Valencia. His lines of research focus on self-regulated learning, on learning-oriented assessment, and on resource design and intervention proposals aimed at improving access to university. Postal address: Departament de Psicologia Evolutiva i de l’Educació. Universitat de València. Facultat de Psicologia. Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010 Valencia (Spain)

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Published

2017-07-02

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2017)

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Research Articles

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