Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Prologue List of Relevant Terms Section I. Framing the Issue Chapter 1: Introduction, Maria Veronica Santelices, Catherine Horn, and Ximena Catalán Chapter 2: Chile’s Higher Education System: Structure and Policies Behind Increased Enrollment, María Veronica Santelices, Ximena Catalán and Catherine Horn Chapter 3: United States Postsecondary Education as a Point of Comparison, Catherine Horn, Maria Veronica Santelices, and Ximena Catalán Section II. Higher Education Decision-Making Process Chapter 4: The Role of Information in Students’ Transition to Higher Education, Maria Veronica Santelices, Ximena Catalán, Magdalena Zarhi, and Catherine Horn Chapter 5: Tuition Fees and Student Financial Aid and Higher Education Enrollment: the Case of Chile, Carlos Williamson, Macarena Kutscher, Cristina Riquelme and Maria Veronica Santelices Section III. University Admissions Chapter 6: University Admission Criteria in Chile, Maria Veronica Santelices, Ximena Catalán and Catherine Horn Chapter 7: High School Ranking Policy: Expected and Observed Consequences, Maria Veronica Santelices, Ximena Catalán, Catherine Horn and Alejandra Venegas Chapter 8: Equity Admissions Initiatives in Chile: Experiences from Three Selective Universities, Maria Veronica Santelices, Catherine Horn, and Ximena Catalán Section IV. Student Financial Aid and Educational Outcomes Chapter 9: Effects of Financial Aid Initiatives at the National level, Maria Veronica Santelices, Catherine Horn, Ximena Catalán and Diana Kruger Chapter 10: Effects of Financial Aid at the Institutional level, Catherine Horn, Macarena Alarcón, Maria Veronica Santelices and Ximena Catalán Section V. Conclusions and Lessons Learned Chapter 11: Conclusions and Lessons Learned, Maria Veronica Santelices, Catherine Horn, and Ximena Catalán About the contributors