A Case of Capability Expansion or Capability reduction? An Exploration of Loan Recipients’ Views of ICETEX: Colombia’s Higher Education Student Loans Institute

Mackenzie, Lee (2020) A Case of Capability Expansion or Capability reduction? An Exploration of Loan Recipients’ Views of ICETEX: Colombia’s Higher Education Student Loans Institute. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 21 (1). pp. 81-111. ISSN 1538-1927

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Abstract

A government-established student loans institute known as Instituto Colombiano de Credito Educativo y Estudios Tecnicos en el Exterior (ICETEX) has been instrumental in improving access to higher education in Colombia. This article uses the capability approach to analyze the ways in which ICETEX has contributed to loan recipients’ well-being and identify which capabilities loan recipients have reason to value. Evidence from qualitative interviews with eight participants reveals that, due to an intersecting set of conversion factors and capabilities, ICETEX both enables and constrains participants’ capabilities.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information and Comments:	This is the author's version of an article, the final version of which is published by Sage in the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Available online from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1538192720920071
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Lee Mackenzie
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2023 08:32
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 11:31
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3896

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