Access and equity : comparative perspectives / Heather Eggins, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eggins, Heather.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 20.

Global perspectives on higher education ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Admission.

Universities and colleges.

Educational equalization.

Education and globalization.

Physical Description:

xii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense, [2010]

Summary:

Papers from an October 2006 UNESCO seminar are presented here, written by recipients of 2005-06 New Century Scholarships from the Fulbright Commission. UK contributors in sociology, education, and institutional management examine issues of access and equity in higher education around the world, especially methodological problems of measuring access and equity. The book also provides a comparative analysis of trends, policy development, targeted initiatives, and student support mechanisms which are in place in different societies, and reviews historical and cultural contexts of access and equity in higher education. The book's readership includes policy makers, researchers, NGOs, and higher education institutions. There is no subject index. Eggins is a visiting professor at the Institute for Education Policy Research, Staffordshire University, UK. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9460911846

9460911854

9789460911859

9789460911842

OCLC:

649321769

Publisher Number:

99945723745