TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mountford-Zimdars,Anna
AU  - Sabbagh,Daniel
AU  - Post,David
TI  - Fair access to higher educaton : global perspectives 
SN  - 9780226250922
AV  - LB2351 .F35 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Universities and colleges
KW  - Admission
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Entrance requirements
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Educational equalization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. Fair access to higher education: a comparative perspective / Daniel Sabbagh, David Post, and Anna Mountford-Zimdars -- Altering public university admission standards to preserve white group position in the United States: results from a laboratory experiment / Frank L. Samson -- "Ensure that you stand out from the crowd": a corpus-based analysis of personal statements according to applicants' school type / Steven Jones -- Rural disadvantage in Georgian higher education admissions: a mixed-methods study / Maia Chankseliani -- The educational strategies of Danish university students from professional and working-class backgrounds / Jens Peter Thomsen, Martin D. Munk, Misja Eiberg-Madsen, and Gro Inge Hansen -- Choices and enrollments in French secondary and higher education: repercussions for second- generation immigrants / Yaël Brinbaum and Christine Guégnard -- Admissions policies as a mechanism for social engineering: the case of the Bulgarian communist regime / Pepka Alexandrova Boyadjieva -- Access to higher education in Egypt: examining trends by university sector / Elizabeth Buckner -- From system expansion to system contraction: access to higher education in Poland / Marek Kwiek -- Access and affordability in American higher education / Thomas J. Espenshade and Melanie Wright Fox -- Access to higher education by the luck of the draw / Peter Stone
ER  -