Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era

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As colleges and universities extend academic programs abroad, develop internationally mixed research teams and create international curricular initiatives, it is essential to ensure that access to a high quality education remains a key component of the research and policy agenda transnationally.

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Now more than ever, the issue of access to higher education for all is a matter of global importance. As colleges and universities worldwide increasingly extend their academic programs abroad, develop internationally mixed research teams and create international curricular initiatives, it is essential to ensure that equitable access to a high quality education remains a key component of the research and policy agenda transnationally. In this book, leading scholars from around the globe offer the most current knowledge about postsecondary access and success, offering fertile ground for new directions in higher education. A critical read for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, this book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on key priorities and action steps for the higher education community to help mitigate economic, social, and political inequality.

Table of Contents

Access to Higher Education in Brazil: The Evolution of the Last 15 Years.Higher Education Access and Inclusion: Lessons from Vietnam.Effectively Maintained Inequality: Access to Higher Education in Egypt.Higher Education in Brazil: Stratification in the Privatization of Enrollment.Education for the Public Good? The Influence of Privatization in American Higher Education and Society.Innovation for Social Inclusion: Challenges Facing the State University System in Colombia.Social Effects of University Expansion and Affirmative Action in Public Higher Education in Brazil: A View from the State of São Paulo.A Decade of Affirmative Action in Brazil: Lessons for the Global Debate.Toward a New Concept of Student Support: Lessons from the Recent Experience in Brazil's Federal Universities.Tech-Centric Classrooms: A Discussion of Policy, Costs, and Access.Ethnic Minorities and Affirmative Action: Two Distinct Programs of Access to Higher Education in Brazil.Interdisciplinary Higher Education Program (ProFIS): Challenges and Opportunities.Inclusion Policies in Brazilian Elite Universities.Inclusion Programs at Elite Universities: The Case of Chile.Policies for Social Inclusion and Equity in Higher Education in Europe.Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification.Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis.Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification.Copyright page.Introduction.About the contributors.About the Editors.List of Contributors.

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In this book, editors Teranishi, Pazich, Knobel, and Allen have collected academic essays from contributors in a range of disciplines focused on mitigating inequality in contemporary higher education. The contributions address the state of access and equity, access to higher education and the public good, and models for student access and success. Robert T. Teranishi and Walter R. Allen are faculty members of the University of California Los Angeles. Loni Boroloi Pazich is a faculty member of New York University. Marcelo Knobel is a faculty member of the University of Campinas, Brazil. -- Annotation ©2016 * (protoview.com) *

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In this book, editors Teranishi, Pazich, Knobel, and Allen have collected academic essays from contributors in a range of disciplines focused on mitigating inequality in contemporary higher education. The contributions address the state of access and equity, access to higher education and the public good, and models for student access and success. Robert T. Teranishi and Walter R. Allen are faculty members of the University of California Los Angeles. Loni Boroloi Pazich is a faculty member of New York University. Marcelo Knobel is a faculty member of the University of Campinas, Brazil. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution.

Details ISBN1785602918 Short Title MITIGATING INEQUALITY Language English ISBN-10 1785602918 ISBN-13 9781785602917 Media Book Format Hardcover Author Marcelo Knobel Year 2015 Subtitle Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification Place of Publication Bingley Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 378 Series Number 11 Publication Date 2015-12-04 UK Release Date 2015-12-04 AU Release Date 2015-12-04 NZ Release Date 2015-12-04 Edited by Marcelo Knobel Pages 360 Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Series Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research, Policy and Praxis Alternative 9781785602900 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Imprint Emerald Group Publishing Limited We've got this

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