03114oam 2200673I 450 991045800430332120200520144314.01-134-25645-01-280-22504-197866102250400-203-00153-210.4324/9780203001530 (CKB)1000000000359699(EBL)243349(OCoLC)299571790(SSID)ssj0000264518(PQKBManifestationID)11246787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264518(PQKBWorkID)10283341(PQKB)11659825(MiAaPQ)EBC243349(Au-PeEL)EBL243349(CaPaEBR)ebr10162603(CaONFJC)MIL22504(OCoLC)437159146(OCoLC)919302006(EXLCZ)99100000000035969920180331d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding mass higher education comparative perspectives on access /edited by Ted Tapper and David PalfreymanLondon :RoutledgeFalmer,2005.1 online resource (286 p.)Woburn education seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-86651-2 0-415-35491-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 The rise of mass higher education; 2 Values, discourse and politics; 3 The politics of access to higher education in France; 4 Bildung or Ausbildung?; 5 The value of higher education in a mass system; 6 Access to Dutch higher education; 7 Access to higher education in the Nordic countries; 8 Mass higher education in Poland; 9 British higher education and the prism of devolution; 10 Access to higher education in England; 11 A transatlantic persuasion; 12 Conclusion; IndexIn recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text compares the experience of this very important social change within different nation states. Whilst recognising the critical global economic forces that appear to explain the international nature of the change, it sees the issues as rooted within different national traditions.There is a particular focus upon the discourse of access, especially the political discourse. The book addresses questions such as:* How has expansion been explaiWoburn education series.Education, HigherEducation, HigherCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.Education, Higher.Education, Higher378Tapper Ted482311Palfreyman David1954-927484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458004303321Understanding mass higher education2083911UNINA