| Understanding Mass Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives on Access Contributor(s): Palfreyman, David (Editor), Tapper, Ted (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415354919 ISBN-13: 9780415354912 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: This books takes a comparative look at the ways in which most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass education. While keeping the global economic context in mind, it focuses on different national traditions and experiences of this phenomenon, addressing a key range of questions about the expanion and fiversification of higher education. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Comparative |
| Dewey: 378 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.42" W x 9.54" (1.23 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text compares the experience of this very important social change within different nation states. Whilst recognising the critical global economic forces that appear to explain the international nature of the change, it sees the issues as rooted within different national traditions. There is a particular focus upon the discourse of access, especially the political discourse. The book addresses questions such as: * How has expansion been explained? * Has expansion been generated by state intervention or by a combination of economic and social forces? * What are the forms of political intervention? * What points of agreement and conflict are generated within the wider society by expanding access? Leading academic experts explore the ways in which different systems of higher education have accommodated mass access, constructing comparative pictures and comparative interpretations and lessons in an accessible and informative style. This book should be critical reading for students in education, sociology and politics, as well as policy-makers and academics. |