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Disillusionment Among Young People in the University Context [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
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- When:
- May 9, 2026 · 4:09 AM
- Source:
- F1000Research
This article primarily analyzes the ongoing crisis in Colombia’s higher education system, characterized, among other factors, by a growing sense of disillusionment among young people toward university education. Drawing on critical theoretical frameworks such as the credential society [Collins, 11], social reproduction theory [Bourdieu & Passeron, 7], and the critique of meritocracy [Sandel, 26], the paper examines the structural disconnect between the massification of access to higher education