Understanding Mass Higher Education : Comparative Perspectives on Access.
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 questi...
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis Ltd.,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 The rise of mass higher education; 2 Values, discourse and politics; 3 The politics of access to higher education in France; 4 Bildung or Ausbildung?; 5 The value of higher education in a mass system; 6 Access to Dutch higher education; 7 Access to higher education in the Nordic countries; 8 Mass higher education in Poland; 9 British higher education and the prism of devolution; 10 Access to higher education in England; 11 A transatlantic persuasion; 12 Conclusion; Index.