LEADER 00000cam a2200709Ka 4500 001 ocn812924935 003 OCoLC 005 20170127063658.6 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 121015s2010 mdua ob 001 0 eng d 010 |z 2010023509 019 855502129|a962189151 020 9780739146712|q(electronic book) 020 0739146718|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780739146699 020 |z0739146696 035 (OCoLC)812924935|z(OCoLC)855502129|z(OCoLC)962189151 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dE7B|dYDXCP|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dEBLCP |dDEBSZ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dLOA|dOCLCO 049 RIDW 050 4 LB2322.2|b.H513 2010eb 072 7 EDU|x015000|2bisacsh 082 04 378.1/61|222 090 LB2322.2|b.H513 2010eb 245 00 Higher education and equality of opportunities :|bcross- national perspectives /|cedited by Fred Lazin, Matt Evans, and N. Jayaram. 264 1 Lanham, Md. :|bLexington Books,|c[2010] 264 4 |c©2010 300 1 online resource (xi, 355 pages) :|billustrations. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 490 1 Studies in public policy 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction: Higher education and equality of opportunities / Fred Lazin, Matt Evans, and N. Jayaram -- The Earth is flattening: the globalization of higher education and its implications for equal opportunity / David L. Kirp -- Challenges and opportunities of community colleges / Carol Schmid -- Minority access to higher education in the United States and the white-minority credentials gap / Noga O'Connor -- Class stratification and the quest for prestige in American colleges and universities / Steven J. Diner -- From open admissions to the honors college: equal opportunities at the City University of New York / Judith Naomi Friedlander -- The changing American college experience: a view from the City University of New York, Hunter College / Charles Tien -- Can student loans promote greater access for the poor? / Adrian Ziderman -- The quest for world-class status: globalization and higher education in East Asia / Ka Ho Mok and John Hawkins -- A historical sociology of "tertiary education for all" in Korea / Ki-Seok Kim and Hwanbo Park -- Disparities in access to higher education in India: persistent issues and the changing context / N. Jayaram -- Educational policy toward "homeland minorities" in deeply divided societies / Ayelet Harel-Shalev -- Improving access to higher education for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds / Miriam Amit -- Higher education in Africa: challenges of development and gender / Pamela Blackmon and Matt Evans -- The development of corporate and private universities in Ghana: effects on curriculum, faculty, access, and equity / Josiah A.M. Cobbah -- Access to higher education in France: between equality of rights and meritocracy, a long walk to equality of opportunities? / Gaële Goastellec -- Equal opportunity in a public system: experiences of ethnic minority students in Dutch higher education / Rick Wolff and Adel Pasztor -- Access to higher education for students with mental health difficulties: an equal opportunities issue / Sue Jackson -- Altruism and avarice: the place of foreign students in Australian universities / Don Stewart -- A dual admission policy: enhancing equal opportunities in higher education through merit-based admission policy / Boaz Shulruf, John Hattie, and Sarah Tumen. 520 This 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. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Education, Higher|vCross-cultural studies.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118783 650 0 Education and globalization|vCross-cultural studies. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009100105 650 0 Affirmative action programs|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85001507|vCross-cultural studies. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001526 650 0 Minorities|xEducation (Higher)|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85085799|vCross-cultural studies. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001526 650 7 Education, Higher|xCross-cultural studies.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/903037 650 7 Education and globalization.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1201691 650 7 Affirmative action programs.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/798899 650 7 Minorities|xEducation (Higher)|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1023138 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Cross-cultural studies.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1423769 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 700 1 Lazin, Frederick A.,|d1943-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/n84072702 700 1 Evans, Matt,|d1963-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n2007015735 700 1 Jayaram, N.,|d1950-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n85211668 776 08 |iPrint version:|tHigher education and equality of opportunities.|dLanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2010 |z9780739146699|w(DLC) 2010023509|w(OCoLC)639941201 830 0 Studies in public policy (Lanham, Md.)|0https://id.loc.gov /authorities/names/n2002103872 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=483074|zOnline eBook. 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