University Violence without trace: bullying and cyberbullying in higher education
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bullying, cyberbullying, school violence, university, youthAbstract
The international research community has started to view or consider school violence in the form of bullying and cyberbullying as part of the battery of forms of violence to which university students are exposed daily to negative consequences such as student dropout and suicide attempts. While these acts of violence do occur at other levels, they seem rather absent at the university level in Chile. The focus of this study is to establish to what extent such violent acts are included in the rules and policies that Chilean universities have for their students. A documental analysis of 15 university regulations in the Metropolitan Region in Chile was conducted. The results show that even though there is only one university that regulates bullying, and there are at least four others that refer indirectly to bullying or practices associated directly with bullying, cyberbullying is not considered a form of violence, but it appears to be a medium. The rest of the universities mention and regulate these practices but not as part of bullying or cyberbullying. It is quite interesting that all universities have violent practices that are regulated by the judicial system in their regulations.
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