Resumen

OLAVE-ARIAS, Giohanny; ROJAS-GARCIA, llene  y  CISNEROS-ESTUPINAN, Mireya. The College Dropout Problem and Academic Literacy. educ.educ. [online]. 2013, vol.16, n.3, pp.455-471. ISSN 0123-1294.

The article relates the college dropout problem to academic literacy, which is understood as the level of development in reading and writing. It is constructed in three stages: contextualization of the college dropout problem in Colombia; reading and writing practices that generate learning difficulties; and the importance of academic literacy to improving the reading skills of students.

Palabras clave : Dropping out; higher education; university students; universities; education.

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