Higher education and the achievement (and/or prevention) of equity and social justice

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-302

  Brennan, John ^a   Naidoo, Rajani ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to higher education; Meritocracy; Social inequality; Social reproduction; Universities and public good; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249106913     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9127-3     Document Type: Review

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