Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:
University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .
Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.
Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.
The objective of this article is to analyze a set of evidence on the effectiveness of first-year university seminars, based on documentary research on their origin, characteristics, development and theoretical models on which they are based. Useful knowledge is generated for higher education institutions on how to accompany their student populations in the transition process from high school to university, and facilitate their incorporation into the university community and culture. It is concluded that first-year seminars, as long as they meet certain requirements, can contribute to student persistence and retention, within a framework of social justice and equity from a Latin American vision.