Equity Policies in Global Higher Education: Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment

This book explores global policies and practices to promote equity in higher education participation and attainment, highlighting the advantages of privileged students while socioeconomic inequalities persist. It offers a critical analysis of equity policies and their failure to achieve full educational potential.

Format: Hardback
Length: 245 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the examination and analysis of global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. While the massification of higher education systems has indeed facilitated the inclusion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, socioeconomic disparities persist in access to prestigious institutions and programs. Privileged students, thanks to various advantages such as access to information, a lower aversion to debt, heightened expectations, better prior schooling, and higher academic achievement, find themselves at an advantage in the competitive race for limited and coveted spots.

The chapters within this book provide a critical assessment of equity policies in various countries, considering whether they exist alongside affirmative action policies, within the framework of neoliberal policies, or within a social democratic model. The authors explore the reasons behind these policies' failure to foster equity and fairness, hindering students from reaching their full educational potential.

This book is proudly offered as an open access resource, ensuring widespread accessibility and dissemination of knowledge to all interested individuals.

Weight: 456g
Dimension: 153 x 217 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030696900
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022