Factors Associated with the Academic Persistence of University Students with Scholarships Factores asociados a la persistencia académica del estudiantado universitario becado

This article seeks to determine whether there are differences in persistence between students with and without scholarships and analyse the factors associated with the persistence of students with scholarships. The cohort of students with scholarships for access to the University of Barcelona in the academic year 2011-2012 were analysed. This cohort consisted of 2613 students, and is the last one that can be analysed to establish the persistence of students with incomerelated scholarships, as it was affected by the 2013 scholarship reform. Bivariate techniques showed that students with scholarships have greater persistence than students without scholarships. In addition, the binary logistic regression model indicated that the academic variables were the ones that contributed to explaining persistence, as they played a stronger role in students with scholarships. Ensuring equal educational opportunities thus remains a challenge for university policy. Este articulo busca conocer si existen diferencias en la persistencia entre estudiantado becado y no becado, y analizar los factores asociados a la persistencia del estudiantado becado. Se ha analizado la cohorte de estudiantado becado de acceso a los Grados de la Universidad de Barcelona en el curso 2011-2012, conformada por 2613 estudiantes, afectada por la reforma de becas 2013 y última que permite también analizar la persistencia del estudiantado con beca salario. Las técnicas bivariadas muestran que el estudiantado becado persiste más que el no becado. Además, el modelo de regresión logística binaria indica que las variables académicas son las que contribuyen a explicar la persistencia, con mayor peso en el estudiantado con beca salario. Así, la igualdad de oportunidades educativas sigue siendo un reto para la política universitaria.