Academic perspectives from an intercultural community outlook, propaedeutic course 2022, URACCAN, Siuna Campus

Abstract

The study analyzes the academic perspectives of the students who received the propaedeutic course at URACCAN, Siuna Campus. The analysis is made from a community and intercultural approach during the first semester of 2022. The purpose is to generate information for academic decision-making, describing careers and universities that outline the dreams of the students, likewise, reasons to stay studying at URACCAN Siuna and factors that guarantee the stay on this university campus, and finally, the perception is valued and the percentage of recruitment is determined. The research was developed under the quantitative approach at a descriptive level, the data were collected through a survey with multiple-choice items, a Likert scale, and open questions, for data processing, statistical techniques were applied to organize, tabulate, represent and synthesize data related to the variables of the study. Among the main results show that the most demanded careers are Nursing, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Agroforestry Engineering, Accounting, and Business Administration. The most preferred universities are URACCAN Las Minas, UNAN-León, and UNAN-Managua. The reasons to stay studying in URACCAN Siuna are proximity to the family, university quality, opportunity to prepare, and economic accessibility; however, students who migrate to universities in the Pacific of Nicaragua are attracted by the adventure of a new life and to have autonomy, it also has to do with the wide range of academic careers offered. The percentage of 2022 intake, in URACCAN Siuna, was 19.5% of the total number of high school graduates in 2021 in the municipalities that make up the mining sector and Mulukukú.