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

ISBN-13: 9789462092297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str.

Heinz-Dieter Meyer; Edward P. St John; Maia Chankseliani

Opis

The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversationabout fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitousmantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carveout a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developmentsthat engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education.The books chapters consider how different national communities channel accessto higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomesare produced by different policies and methods. The book is essential reading forscholars of higher education and students concerned with increasing inequality in aglobalizing educational marketplace.