Institutional measures implemented to accompany first year students at the National University of Hurlingham (UNAHUR) during the general social confinement: an initial approach

Abstract

This article aims to describe and socialize the institutional measures implemented at the National University of Hurlingham (UNAHUR) during the general social confinement. The work focused on the strategies of accompaniment for first year students that were carried out in all the institutes of the university: Education, Technology and Engineering, Community Health and Biotechnology. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with different institutional actors, involving the participation of teachers from the four institutes, the Management and Accompaniment Team, Institute Directors, the Director of Academic Management, the Academic Secretary and the Secretary of Student Welfare and Community Services. As part of the preliminary results, we can affirm that within the framework of the general social confinement, the institutional policies of UNAHUR tended to strengthen the accompaniment of new students, improving academic trajectories. We understand that this was possible because the university constantly questioned education from a political and pedagogical point of view and rethought institutional practice in order to strengthen university education in the community.