Guzmán Arias, Ana MaríaPeña Hernández, María FernandaValbuena Mesa, Angela Patricia2021-09-102021-09-102016https://repositorio.ecci.edu.co/handle/001/1484Despite Colombian law and human rights state basic rights must be guaranteed to all citizens (no matter their racial condition is), it is shown that population like indigenous minorities still have difficulties to access higher education and in the same way, the ones that reach university, also face circumstances which force them to drop out. On the other hand, it is important not to ignore the fact that Colombian government’s institutions in charge of watch over citizens’ education and guarantee indigenous populations’ rights are partially involved in this process. Real testimonies of these people reveal that even when university quotas are recently given to these communities, students’ guidance is missing so they can achieve not only get to university but, finish studies successfully. This paper intends to analyze the current situation of indigenous people accessing higher education and at the same time, to evaluate the Colombian government’s role when the must offer education guarantees and development to indigenous minorities without affect their culture identity.INTRODUCTION STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM LITERATURE REVIEW Preview of indigenous higher education in Latin America Outlook of graduated and dropped indigenous students in Colombia Basic school quality Culture-shock influence Economic support How students deal with interculturality issues Agreements about indigenous higher education What is Colombian government doing? CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDICES21 p.application/pdfengDerechos Reservados - Universidad ECCI, 2016Trabajo de grado - Pregradoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDeserción universitariaEducación superiorResguardos indígenasDropout studentsHigher educationIndigenous reservationshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2