Understanding Mass Higher Education: Comparative Perspectives on AccessTed Tapper, David Palfreyman Psychology Press, 2005 - 269 pàgines 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:
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. |
Continguts
an Australian | 6 |
The politics of access to higher education in France | 28 |
Bildung or Ausbildung? Reorienting German higher | 51 |
policies | 92 |
Access to higher education in the Nordic countries | 121 |
coping with | 139 |
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The Governance of British Higher Education: The Struggle for Policy Control Ted Tapper Previsualització limitada - 2007 |