Equity policies in global higher education : reducing inequality and increasing participation and attainment /: reducing inequality and increasing participation and attainment. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Orlanda Tavares, Carla Sá, Cristina Sin, Alberto Amaral.
• Editors: Tavares, Orlanda; Sá, Carla; Sin, Cristina; Amaral, Alberto
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2 Equity in Higher Education – theoretical background – Alberto AmaralChapter 3. Access and Inequality in US Higher Education: Policy Issues – David DillChapter 4. The persistence of inequity in Brazilian higher education: background data and student performance - Julio Bertolin and Tristan McCowan Chapter 5. Towards equity: Developing a national approach to improving social justice through higher education in England – Liz ThomasChapter 6. Undergraduate student funding in England: the challenges ahead – Claire CallenderChapter 7. Data and reflections on access-transition to higher education in Portugal – João Baptista, Cristina Sin, Orlanda Tavares Chapter 8. Who is left out? Inequalities in higher education admissions and placements in Portugal - Carla Sá, Orlanda Tavares, Cristina Sin Chapter 9. An equity paradox? The Northern European case - An equity paradox? The Northern European case – Per Olaf AamodtChapter 10. Conclusions – Orlanda Tavares, Cristina Sin, Carla Sá.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 379.26; Educational equalization -- Government policy; Higher education and state
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030696917
• Related ISBNs: 9783030696900
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• Access Rights: Open access.
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.