The worldwide trend to high participation higher education: dynamics of social stratification in inclusive systems

Higher Education

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 413-434

  Marginson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational equality; Educational participation; Enrolment growth; Higher education; Mass education; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973137935     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: 1573174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-016-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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