The Quest for Equity in Chile’s Higher Education
The Quest for Equity in Chile’s Higher Education

Author: María Verónica Santelices

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1498543480

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In Chile during the last forty years, there have been important initiatives aimed at increasing equity in higher education, including the private provision of tertiary education starting in 1980, the growing support provided by the state to low-income students through financial aid, the increasing importance of institutional financial aid, a university admissions system that has made efforts to reduce the important weight standardized test scores have traditionally had in admissions decisions and institutional-level programs implemented to broadened the admission of low income students to selective institutions. This book seeks to describe the concurrent efforts undertaken both at the national and at the institutional level to increase equity in access to higher education and educational outcomes in Chile during the last four decades. Taking stock of the accomplishments of Chile´s higher education system is especially important at a time when social demands and political decisions seem to deeply question the road traveled.

Achieving Equity and Quality in Higher Education
Achieving Equity and Quality in Higher Education

Author: Mahsood Shah

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 3319783165

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Across the world, higher education is witnessing exponential growth in both student participation and types of educational providers. One key phenomenon of this growth is an increase in student diversity: governments are widening access to higher education for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. However, this raises questions about whether this rapid growth may in face compromise academic quality. This book presents case studies of how higher education institutions in diverse countries are maintaining academic excellence while increasing the access and participation of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Including case studies spanning four continents, the authors and editors examine whether increasing widening participation positively impacts upon academic quality. This volume will be of interest and value to students and scholars of global higher education, representation and participation in education, and quality in higher education.

The Quest for Equity in Higher Education
The Quest for Equity in Higher Education

Author: Beverly Lindsay

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2001-08-30

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780791450611

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A critical examination of current sociopolitical issues surrounding equity and diversity and their impact on higher education.

The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership
The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership

Author: Duncan Waite

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 1118956680

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A provocative and authoritative compendium of writings on leadership in education from distinguished scholar-educators worldwide. What is educational leadership? What are some of the trends, questions, and social forces most relevant to the current state of education? What are the possible futures of education, and what can educational leadership contribute to these futures? To address these questions, and more, editors Duncan Waite and Ira Bogotch asked distinguished international thought leaders on education to share their insights, observations, and research findings on the nature of education and educational leadership in the global village. The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership brings together contributions from authors in twenty-one countries, spanning six continents. Topics examined include leadership and aesthetics, creativity, eco‐justice, advocacy, Big Data and technology, neoliberalism, emerging philosophies and theories, critical democracy, gender and radical feminism, political economies, emotions, postcolonialism, and new directions in higher education. A must-read for teachers, researchers, scholars, and policy makers, this Handbook: Champions radical pluralism over consensus and pseudoscientific or political solutions to problems in education Embraces social, economic, and political relevance alongside the traditions of careful and systematic rigor Challenges traditional epistemological, cultural, and methodological concepts of education and educational leadership Explores the field’s historical antecedents and ways in which leadership can transcend the narrow disciplinary and bureaucratic constraints imposed by current research designs and methods Advances radically new possibilities for remaking educational leadership research and educational institutions

Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective
Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective

Author: Heinz-Dieter Meyer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-20

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9462092303

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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.

Women in STEM in Higher Education
Women in STEM in Higher Education

Author: Francisco José García-Peñalvo

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-05-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9811915520

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This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview of implementations in different regions of the world and provide numerous examples that can be transferred to other higher education institutions.

The Quest for Equity in Chile's Higher Education
The Quest for Equity in Chile's Higher Education

Author: María Verónica Santelices

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 191

ISBN-13: 9781498543477

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This book studies three factors affecting equity in higher education outcomes for the Chilean case: the decision-making of students transitioning to higher education, the admission process, and the role of financial aid. It assesses how effective the combination of policies implemented has been at increasing access and leveling academic outcomes.

The Social Role of Higher Education
The Social Role of Higher Education

Author: Kenneth Marc Kempner

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780815317654

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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education
Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-29

Total Pages: 9066

ISBN-13: 0429790414

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The volumes in this set, originally published between 1964 and 2002, draw together research by leading academics in the area of higher education, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volume examines the concepts of learning, teaching, student experience and administration in relation to the higher education through the areas of business, sociology, education reforms, government, educational policy, business and religion, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of higher education in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students and practitioners of education, politics and sociology.