Poder Estudiar

An Experience of University Students in the Fourth Electoral Section of the Province of Buenos Aires

Abstract

This article analyzes the “Poder Estudiar” Scholarship Program, an initiative promoted by Deputy Avelino Zurro within the framework of the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature, aimed at university students originally from the province’s fourth electoral section. The program offers financial support accompanied by the requirement to design and implement a community impact project in the student’s hometown, thereby proposing an articulation between academic training, territorial belonging, and social engagement. Based on an approach that understands youth as dynamic and heterogeneous social actors, the article examines the scope of the program from its implementation in 2016 to the present, considering both its institutional framework and its symbolic and material impact.