Rural youth migration and higher education

The book is of interest to the public in the field of social sciences and public policy makers, especially those concerned with rural youth, regional development, higher education and family farming. One of the book’s great differentials is its concern to contribute to the process of understanding factors related to the permanence of rural youth, whether on family farms or in small municipalities where typical social and cultural relations predominate. In particular, the focus is on the contribution of public higher education to making it possible for young rural people to remain in their regions and its repercussions for the development of these territories where family farming predominates. Many studies have been dedicated to explaining the factors that lead young rural people to leave the countryside. In this case, the concern is different, precisely with the factors that can explain the permanence of young rural people in their territories. Finally, the Federal University of the Southern Frontier is a public policy experience that deserves to be analyzed and documented in terms of its socio-economic and cultural repercussions in the territories in which it operates and exerts its influence.