Stratification in higher education

by Yossi Shavit

"The mass expansion of higher education is one of the most important social transformations of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, scholars from fifteen countries, representing Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Israel, Australia, and the United States, assess the links between this expansion and inequality in the national context." "Contrary to most expectations, the authors show that as access to higher education expands, all social classes benefit. Neither greater diversification nor privatization in higher education results in greater inequality. In some cases,...

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