Abstract :
This article analyzes the social itineraries of students from families regarded as belonging to popular classes, who have benefitted from ProUni. It discusses the process of constitution of meanings and the practical incorporation of principles which contributed to the constitution and feasibility of the university degree acquisition project. The project is conceived in a non-naturalized way, implemented through interaction with mediating agents, placed in institutional frameworks that go beyond the limits of the nuclear family relationship network. Completion of a higher education programme represents the possibility of practicing a better paid and more valued profession and of being included in a group that has higher prestige and status.
Keywords :
ProUni; University degree; Prestige and social status; Social Mediation