Categorías para el análisis del abandono y la permanencia escolar en la educación superior.

Abstract

The school dropout on all educational levels is a complex problem that impacts negatively the society development, but on the higher education it leads to ruptures that intermingles the components of the political, economic and social structures in which students are immersed. The purpose of this study was to identify the main causes of school dropout during higher education in the Center of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, during 2017. The method utilized had a qualitative nature using the semi-structure interview and a questionnaire applied to the informants thru social media. The results allowed to categorize the main causes of school dropout as well as to identify at the same time the semesters with highest incidence on dropout. Conclusively, it can be affirmed that for students, the university career is a school survival path during their professional training, consequently, the school retention and dropout are a result of a combination between personal competences and the position that students assume towards the socio-political structures of the school center. This combination is up to certain point predictive of the school dropout and retention.