
- Directora alterna de Núcleo Milenio Experiencia estudiantil en la Educación Superior: Expectativas y Realidades
- Profesora Asociada, Facultad de Educación UC.
Grados académicos:
- Doctora en Métodos Cuantitativos, Medición y Evaluación, University of California, Berkeley, School of Education, USA.
- Magister en Políticas Públicas, University of California, Goldman School of Public Policy, USA.
- Economista, minor en Sociología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Proyectos de investigación recientes:
- 2021– 2025. “Información y decisiones en la trayectoria técnico-profesional”. Fondecyt regular N°1211883. Investigadora responsable.
- 2016-2020. “El rol de la información en la toma de decisiones de alumnos en transición a la educación superior”, FONDECYT (1160871), Investigadora responsable.
Publicaciones destacadas:
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Catalán, X., Santelices, M.V. & Horn, C. (2024). Equity and Higher Education Access in Chile: The High School Ranking Admission Policy Results from the Perspective of its Program Theory. Higher Education Policy. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-024-00349-0
- Catalán, X., Santelices, M. V., & Horn, C. (2022). The role of an equity policy in the reproduction of social inequalities: High School Ranking and university admissions in Chile. Journal of Sociology, 14407833211072592.
- Cifuentes, G., Guzmán, P., & Santelices, M.V. (2022). Transitioning to higher education: students’ expectations and realities. Educational Research, 1-16.
- Santelices, M.V., & Wilson, M. (2022). Aligning teacher assessments and teacher learning through a teacher learning progression. Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 1-24.
- Torres, D., & Santelices, M.V. (2021). Commentary: Large-Scale Assessment and Legitimacy beyondthe Corporate Responsibility Model. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 40(4), 61-63.
- Guzman, P., Cifuentes, G., & M. V. Santelices. (2021). Secondary Students’ Expectations on Transition to Higher Education. Educational Research.
- Santelices, M.V., Horn, C.L., & Catalán, X. (2021). Aggregated Results of Access Programs Implemented by Universities in Chile: Students’ Persistence using a Matched Sample. Higher Education Policy.
- Santelices, M.V., Zarhi, M., Horn, C., Catalán, X., & Ibáñez, A. (2020). Information sources and transition to higher education: Students, teachers and school counselors´ perspectives. International Journal of Educational Research. (103).
- Santelices, M.V., Catalán, X., & Zarhi, M. (2020) Información sobre educación superior en Estudiantes de enseñanza media en Chile. Policy Brief. Núcleo Milenio Experiencia de los Estudiantes de la Educación Superior.