Understanding inequalities in, through and by higher education
By: edited by Gaële Goastellec ; [foreword by Philip G. Altbach]
Series: Global perspectives on higher education -- v. 21; Global perspectives on higher education -- v. 21.
Publisher: Sense; Sense Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rotterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9789460913075; 9789460913068; 9789460913082
Subjects: Academic achievement; Higher Education; Minorities in higher education; Educational equalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface  -- by Philip G. Altbach; title: Introduction  -- Gaële Goastellec; title: Inequality in higher education : definitions, measurements, inferences  -- Martina Vukasović and Cláudia S. Sarrico; title: Remediation, practicality, diversity and social justice : understanding the differing contexts and justifications for affirmative action around the world  -- Michele S. Moses; title: Profiling successful students : inequalities of success in higher education  -- Magali Jaoul-Grammare; title: Community colleges and the opportunity gap : students access and success in the United States  -- Carol Schmid; title: Inequalities in postgraduate education : a comparative review  -- Paul Wakeling; title: Academic hiring and inequality  -- Benoit Cret and Christine Musselin; title: The multidimensional constraints weighing on academic recruitment  -- Farinaz Fassa and Jacques-Antoine Gauthier; title: Inequality in academic careers in Germany : indicatons from postdoctoral careers  -- Marc Kaulisch and Susan Böhmer; title: Conclusion -- Gaële Goastellec.