Modernity of Caste: Higher Education, Inequality and Caste Struggles for Reservation

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-196
2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-796
Author(s):  
Alice Dias Lopes

Abstract This paper aims to understand the effect of international mobility in higher education on Brazilian education inequality by examining the Science Without Borders programme for undergraduate students. The SWB aimed to award 101,000 scholarships for Brazilian undergraduate students to conduct part of their studies in a foreign university between 2011 and 2015. This paper draws on research on education inequalities and international mobility to investigate the patterns of inequality among undergraduate students participating in the SWB, considering the period of higher education expansion in Brazil. Using the ENEM datasets, inequality of access and inequality within the programme were analysed. The results show that students with parents with higher levels of education and higher income were more likely to participate in the SWB programme. Moreover, students with higher parental education and family income tended to study at a prestigious university during the programme.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Dawn Mannay

Cardiff University, Wales, UKClare O’ConnellUniversity of Wales, Newport, Wales, UKFor young, non-traditional students, higher education pathways are often characterised by initial aspirations and later disappointments when classed, gendered and relational positionings conflict with students’ identities and contribute to their withdrawal from academia. This paper discusses an innovative ‘group encounter’ that engendered an opportunity for young marginalised students to gain access to a successful learner identity creating inclusive spaces in place of divided communities. The central argument of the paper is that if we intend not only to widen access at points of entry but rather engender a space where academic journeys can be successfully completed and projects of social mobility achieved, there is a need to create inclusive spaces for young people in place of divided communities.Key words: affinity space, higher education, inequality, youth, marginalisation.Aukštojo mokslo pasiekiamumas: netradicinio jaunimo įtraukimo ir išlaikymo studijose strategijosDawn Mannay, Clare O’ConnellSantraukaNetradiciniai studentai dažnai nusivilia studijomis, todėl kyla konfliktas tarp asmens turimo ir jam priskiriamo identitetų. Identitetų konfliktas sukelia nusivylimą studijomis ir pasitraukimą iš jų. Šiame straipsnyje pristatomas „susitikimų grupės“ metodas, kurį naudojant netradiciniams studentams sudaromos sąlygos įgyti sėkmingo studento identitetą. Pagrindinė straipsnio tezė – turime sukurti ne vien tik sąlygas netradiciniams studentams patekti į studijas, bet ir visą mokymosi laiką sudaryti socialinio mobilumo galimybes.Pagrindiniai žodžiai: traukos zonos, aukštasis mokslas, nelygybė, jaunimas, marginaliziacija.


2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64
Author(s):  
Jingyi Dong

This research focuses its inquiry on the economic aspect of rural university students' life in China, but the discussion goes beyond the economic field. Massification in the Chinese higher education system has increased the chance for rural youths to receive tertiary education. However, there is rarely sufficient data to record their status quo on the campus. This research intends to fill up the gap by making a comparison between the rural students who are located at different levels in the higher education system. This comparative analysis eventually leads to such findings: Those at the higher extreme of the hierarchy, who have more subsidies, tend to experience more frustration under financial pressure than those at the lower extreme, who are insufficiently funded. Presumably, the former are more directly exposed to rural-urban disparity. While the latter experience less frustration, they are less prepared to impacts from the unfamiliar urban society. The research, eventually going beyond the economic problems, has exposed a process in which the rural youths are victimized by the system that discriminates against the Chinese peasants, in which the higher education system plays a critical role. Key words: higher education, inequality, poverty, rural students.


2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 807-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Tam ◽  
Jin Jiang

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