04787nam 2200721Ia 450 991046250320332120200520144314.01-283-59947-397866139119260-7391-4671-8(CKB)2670000000241807(EBL)1021893(OCoLC)855502129(SSID)ssj0000711388(PQKBManifestationID)12312465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711388(PQKBWorkID)10693531(PQKB)10911586(MiAaPQ)EBC1021893(Au-PeEL)EBL1021893(CaPaEBR)ebr10602299(CaONFJC)MIL391192(OCoLC)812924935(EXLCZ)99267000000024180720100607d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHigher education and equality of opportunities[electronic resource] cross-national perspectives /edited by Fred Lazin, Matt Evans, and N. JayaramLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20101 online resource (368 p.)Studies in public policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-4669-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; 1: Introduction: Higher Education and Equality of Opportunities; 2: The Earth is Flattening: The Globalization of Higher Education and Its Implications for Equal Opportunity; Part I: America; 3: Challenges and Opportunities of Community Colleges; 4: Minority Access to Higher Education in the United States and the White-Minority Credentials Gap; 5: Class Stratification and the Quest for Prestige in American Colleges and Universities6: From Open Admissions to the Honors College: Equal Opportunities at the City University of New York7: The Changing American College Experience: A View from the City University of New York, Hunter College; Part II: Asia, The Middle East, and Africa; 8: Can Student Loans Promote Greater Access for the Poor?; 9: The Quest for World-Class Status: Globalization and Higher Education in East Asia; 10: A Historical Sociology of "Tertiary Education for All" in Korea; 11: Disparities in Access to Higher Education in India Persistent Issues and the Changing Context12: Educational Policy toward "Homeland Minorities" in Deeply Divided Societies13: Improving Access to Higher Education for Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds; 14: Higher Education in Africa: Challenges of Development and Gender; 15: The Development of Corporate and Private Universities in Ghana: Effects on Curriculum, Faculty, Access, and Equity; Part III: Europe and Oceania; 16: Access to Higher Education in France: Between Equality of Rights and Meritocracy, a Long Walk to Equality of Opportunities?17: Equal Opportunity in a Public System: Experiences of Ethnic Minority Students in Dutch Higher Education18: Access to Higher Education for Students with Mental Health Difficulties: An Equal Opportunities Issue; 19: Altruism and Avarice: The Place of Foreign Students in Australian Universities; 20: A Dual Admission Policy: Enhancing Equal Opportunities in Higher Education through Merit-based Admission Policy; Index; About the ContributorsThis volume provides a broad overview of recent higher education policy in a variety of countries, both developed and developing, around the world. Using interdisciplinary methods and analysis, it focuses on how diminishing governmental resources and expanding market forces influence higher education policy in different countries in terms of access, minority status (including ethnic, national and gender groups), affirmative action, quality, and performance.Studies in public policy (Lanham, Md.)Affirmative action programsCross-cultural studiesEducation and globalizationCross-cultural studiesEducation, HigherCross-cultural studiesMinoritiesEducation (Higher)Cross-cultural studiesElectronic books.Affirmative action programsEducation and globalizationEducation, HigherMinoritiesEducation (Higher)378.1/61Evans Matt1963-969533Jayaram N.1950-892677Lazin Frederick A.1943-969534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462503203321Higher education and equality of opportunities2203224UNINA