LEADER 03111oam 2200673I 450 001 9910784430603321 005 20230617040001.0 010 $a1-134-25644-2 010 $a1-134-25645-0 010 $a1-280-22504-1 010 $a9786610225040 010 $a0-203-00153-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203001530 035 $a(CKB)1000000000359699 035 $a(EBL)243349 035 $a(OCoLC)299571790 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264518 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11246787 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264518 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283341 035 $a(PQKB)11659825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC243349 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL243349 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162603 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL22504 035 $a(OCoLC)437159146 035 $a(OCoLC)919302006 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000359699 100 $a20180331d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnderstanding mass higher education $ecomparative perspectives on access /$fedited by Ted Tapper and David Palfreyman 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledgeFalmer,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aWoburn education series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-86651-2 311 $a0-415-35491-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aIn recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text compares the experience of this very important social change within different nation states. Whilst recognising the critical global economic forces that appear to explain the international nature of the change, it sees the issues as rooted within different national traditions.There is a particular focus upon the discourse of access, especially the political discourse. The book addresses questions such as:* How has expansion been explai 410 0$aWoburn education series. 606 $aEducation, Higher 606 $aEducation, Higher$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aEducation, Higher. 615 0$aEducation, Higher 676 $a378 701 $aTapper$b Ted$0482311 701 $aPalfreyman$b David$f1954-$01523146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784430603321 996 $aUnderstanding mass higher education$93763261 997 $aUNINA