Access to higher education : understanding global inequalities / edited by Graeme Atherton.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Palgrave, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2017.
Description
xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    Editor
    Series
    Palgrave teaching and learning [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-211) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Canada
    • access at the crossroads / Diana Wickham
    • Marching in the rain : the TRIO programme and the Civil Rights legacy in the US / Ngondi Kamatuka
    • Access and retention in higher education in Colombia : the case of the Children's university EAFIT / Isabel Cristina Montes Gutiérrez and Ana Cristina Abad
    • Changing a mindset : how Germany is trying to combine access and equity / Julia Mergner, Shweta Mishra and Dominic Orr
    • Extending equity in higher education in an equitable society : the Finnish dilemma / Ari Tarkiainen
    • The United Kingdom : the access-to-higher-education nation? / Graeme Atherton
    • Access to post-secondary education in Malaysia : realities and aspirations / Glenda Crosling, Mien Wee Cheng and Ruma Lopes
    • Expanding higher education in India : the challenge for equity / Manasi Thapliyal Navani
    • National access to policies for higher education in China : creating equal opportunities in education / Baocun Liu and Yang Su
    • Access to higher education in South Africa : addressing the myths / Ncedikaya Magopeni and Lullu Tshiwula
    • Making commitment concrete : policy and practice in access to HE in Ghana / Joseph Budu
    • Evolution or revolution : the three ages of access in Australia / Margaret Heagney and Fran Ferrier
    • Conclusions : the age of access.
    ISBN
    • 1137411899 ((paperback))
    • 9781137411891 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    990432317
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