Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective: Reconciling Excellence, Efficiency, and Justice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 946209229X ISBN 13: 9789462092297

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2013

Synopsis

The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education. The book's chapters consider how different national communities channel access to higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomes are produced by different policies and methods. The book is essential reading for scholars of higher education and students concerned with increasing inequality in a globalizing educational marketplace.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward P. St. John is Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. He is interested in education, justice, and public policy. He serves as series editor for "Readings on Equal Education" and has received awards for his leadership from the Association for the Study of Higher Education and for scholarship from the National Association of Student Financial Aid.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 946209229X
• ISBN 13: 9789462092297
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322
• Editor: Meyer Heinz-Dieter, St. John Edward P., Chankseliani Maia