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Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity - Cross-National Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity - Cross-National Perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Public Policy
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The movement to broaden access to public universities, the dominant
strategy during the 1970s and 1980s, has largely shifted to enable
the marketplace, rather than the government, to shape the contours
of higher education. Government funding is being reduced,
affirmative action and other programs designed to insure broader
access are in decline and personal fulfillment is replacing a
public good designed to insure greater equality of opportunities.
This book explores the impact of diminishing government resources
and expanding market forces in developing and developed countries
to either foster or lessen equality of opportunities in higher
education for different racial, ethnic, religious and gender
groupings. What are the consequences of a market-driven higher
education for student access, teaching and scholarship? Through
case studies, this book explores issues such as access of minority
groups within the larger societies, the place of foreign students
in a national system, and access for students with mental health
difficulties, and evaluates the success of funding schemes designed
to expand opportunities and access. The research provides an
interesting contrast of the diversity and uniqueness of higher
education in the United States, France, Australia, India, Israel,
South Korea, The Netherlands, Ghana and several other countries,
while at the same time revealing surprising commonalities. These
studies reveal world-wide trends in higher education including a
cutback in government financing, a decline in access, and a
receding of affirmative action. This book is an important addition
to the literature on higher education during the age of
globalization and the decline of government funding of higher
education. The studies provide important data about the current
situation in higher education in countries around the world.
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