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Equity Policies in Global Higher Education

Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment, Issues in Higher Education
ISBN/EAN: 9783030696900
Umbreit-Nr.: 646515

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xix, 245 S., 17 s/w Illustr., 245 p. 17 illus.
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Einband: gebundenes Buch

Erschienen am 25.02.2022
Auflage: 1/2022
€ 53,49
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  • Zusatztext
    • This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation of students from deprived backgrounds, socioeconomic inequalities persist in access to the most prestigious institutions and programmes. Privileged students benefit from a number of advantages in the competition for selective and scarce places: access to information, lower aversion to debt, higher expectations, better previous schooling and higher academic achievement. The chapters present a critical analysis of equity policies in different countries - with or without affirmative action policies, within a context of neoliberal policies or within a social democratic model - and the reasons why they have failed to promote equity and fairness, preventing students from achieving their full educational potential.This is an open access book.
  • Kurztext
    • Presents analysis of equity policies around the world.Draws together global research concerning the promotion of equity in higher education participation.Provides the reasons why they have failed to achieve equity and fairness.This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
  • Autorenportrait
    • Orlanda Tavares is a researcher at the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) and at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. Carla Sá is Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal and researcher at the Centre for Research in Economics and Management and the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. Cristina Sin is a researcher at the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) and at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal. Alberto Amaral is Professor Emeritus at the University of Porto, Portugal and a researcher at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), Portugal.