Inequality of Opportunity in Higher Education: A Study of Minority Group and Related Barriers to College Admission.David S. Berkowitz

1949 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
Rose Hum Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Barriers To College

Minority Group Discrimination in Higher Education

1949 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. Kephart
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Minority Group

scholarly journals Opportunity Inequality in Accessing Higher Education and Presentation of Equity Promotion Model to Achieve Sustainable Development: A Case Study of West Azerbaijan Province in Iran

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-139
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hassani ◽  
Mahdi Najjari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Higher Education Centers ◽  
West Azerbaijan

AbstractThis study was aimed to investigate the inequality of opportunity of access to the higher education centers and to present a model of reducing inequality of opportunities and to administer justice and fairness in order to achieve a sustainable development among the 17 cities and towns of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. This research was a descriptive-analytic and survey type of study in nature. The participants included 890 pre-university high school students who completed a set of questionnaires eliciting their perceptions on opportunity inequality in accessing higher education. Moreover, documents adopted from the responsible governmental bodies on this topic were analyzed. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, cluster analysis, path analysis and neural networks by means of Topsis, SPSS, and Excel softwares. The findings showed that there is inequality of opportunity of access to the higher education centers in cities of West Azerbaijan. Based on the path analysis, admission and individual-family indexes had the most and the least impacts on inequality of achieving higher education, respectively, among the cities of West Azerbaijan. Moreover, the neural networks model showed that the education indexes were the most important and the individual-family indexes were the least important ones in predicting the opportunity of accessing higher education in these cities. This study reveals that a three-componential model (namely, education, admission, and family-individual) along with their sub-components could be the basis for achieving education for sustainable development.

scholarly journals “Enclave in Transition”: Ways of Coping of Academics from Ultra-Orthodox (Haredim) Minority Group with Challenges of Integration into the Workforce

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tehila Kalagy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Professional Challenges ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
Traditional Societies

Traditional societies around the world face various challenges with the introduction of “modern” values as a result of various globalization processes occurring worldwide. In the research literature, these groups are generally referred to as a “transitional societies.” The focus of the research discourse on “a society in transition” is the social change derived from the undermining of that traditional society and the weakening of its constituent values with the acquisition of higher education and modification of traditional division of roles in the family. In the last two decades, the ultra-Orthodox society in Israel has undergone far-reaching changes that are reflected in the acquisition of higher education and the accelerated entry into the employment market. In light of these changes, this study seeks to examine how the academic ultra-Orthodox deal with this integration into a work place outside the “enclave.” Methodologically, the study is based on qualitative content analysis of four focus groups, two for men and two for women, as is customary in ultra-Orthodox society. During the group discussion, participants were asked to describe how they cope with conflicts and their general professional challenges in the workplace. The findings of the study show that both the men and the women, described themselves as adaptable and coped well, despite the social difficulties facing their community and professional challenges in the employment space. The analysis of the major themes relies on the Stress and Coping theories.

scholarly journals Free access to the concert hall: widening university students’ participation in extracurricular activity?

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Gillian Peiser ◽  
Grant Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activity ◽  
Musical Experience ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Vice Chancellor ◽  
International Attention

AbstractThe role of extracurricular activity in higher education is receiving increasing international attention as a means for developing social and cultural resources for steering social and employment networks. The focus of this paper is on a post-1992 English university partnership with an orchestra, enabling students to attend free concerts. The initiative aspired to extend the student experience, break down barriers, and encourage students to try a new musical experience. This study explores students’ experiences and contrasts these with the aspirations of the vice chancellor. In view of studies establishing relationships between extracurricular activity and inequality of opportunity, this paper also investigates whether financial subsidies widen participation.

Inequality of opportunity: Some lessons from the case of highly selective universities

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
David O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
Selective Universities ◽  
Squeeze Out ◽  
Amy Gutmann ◽  
The Ideal

Many egalitarians believe that there is a pro tanto reason to remedy inequalities of opportunity in access to higher education. This consensus, I argue, masks practical disagreement among egalitarians: in many real-world choice contexts, egalitarians will disagree about which policies are to be endorsed, both from the point of view of equality and all things considered. I focus my discussion on a real-world case (the ‘big squeeze’ – so-called because the children of well-off families ‘squeeze out’ the children of less well-off families from access to highly selective US universities) that has recently been discussed by Amy Gutmann. I argue that while (a) the ‘big squeeze’ is condemned by the ideal of equal opportunity, nevertheless (b) different egalitarians will favor different policies in response to the ‘big squeeze’, and (c) one intuitive, and apparently egalitarian, response lacks support from most plausible egalitarian views.

scholarly journals “An Invented Archive”: The Disability History Museum

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Laurie Block
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Preference ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Disability History ◽  
Special Supplement

The September 2006 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education included a special supplement on “Diversity in Academic Careers.” It focused primarily on race and ethnicity; sexual preference received minimal attention. No references were made, however, to disability, although disabled Americans can be said to comprise the largest single “minority group” in the United States. Consider the following: according to the 2000 U.S. Census, 49.7 million people, representing 19.3 percent of the 257.2 million people aged five and older in the civilian noninstitutionalized population (or almost one in five U.S. residents), lives with some type of long-lasting condition or disability.

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