학술논문

La segregación por especialidades como nueva forma de desigualdad en educación superior. Análisis de las instituciones públicas de Educación Superior de Cataluña, el País Valenciano y Baleares
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
Source
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
Subject
Educación Superior
Movilidad social
Cambio y desarrollo social
Sociología educativa
Higher Education
Social mobility
Change and social development
Educative socioology
Educació
Language
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
This study falls within the realm of investigating the phenomenon of opportunity inequality in higher education, with a specific focus on the horizontal specialization-based segregation in public universities in Catalonia, the Valencian Country, and the Balearic Islands. It sheds light on how, within the context of the expansion of higher education, specialization-based horizontal segregation emerges as a novel form of disparity in higher education, which compounds the still-persistent vertical segregation for students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The findings reveal that within the public university systems of Catalonia, the Valencian Country, and the Balearic Islands, there exist majors segregated by students’ sex and social background. Women and students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are the most adversely affected within fields of study with greater prospects for social mobility. Moreover, when these boundaries are challenged – for example, when women venture into male-dominated sectors – a process of "resegregation" unfolds, leading to women predominantly engaging in more communal, less esteemed, and lower remunerated activities, while men gravitate towards agentic pursuits, characterized by higher prestige and income. Consequently, the analyzed public university system has, thus far, been unable to rectify the inequalities stemming from specialization-based segregation concerning equity and social mobility.
Programa de Doctorat en Desenvolupament Local i Cooperació Internacional