Fortunate Sons and Daughters

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deondra Rose
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Social Citizenship ◽  
College Degrees ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Aid Programs

Chapter 6 examines the effectiveness of federal financial aid policies in expanding women’s access to higher education and the social and economic building blocks of full citizenship. While the GI Bill significantly expanded men’s access to college, it offered very little support for women interested in pursuing college degrees. Subsequently enacted financial aid programs promoted greater gender equality in socioeconomic status by increasing the probability that women would attain advanced levels of education. By making college more affordable, increasing the amount of time that students can devote to academic work, and promoting undergraduate degree completion, student financial aid programs constitute central mechanisms by which US lawmakers have supported equal social citizenship for women and men. By significantly increasing women’s access to college degrees and the social and economic benefits that are associated with higher education, landmark higher education policies have supported women’s full incorporation into American society.

scholarly journals O movimento do acesso ao ensino superior em Portugal de 1960 a 2017: Uma análise ecológica

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Leanete Thomas Dotta ◽  
Amélia Lopes ◽  
Carlinda Leite
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Access Policies ◽  
Over Time

Globally, the expansion of investments in the field of higher education, which stems from both the demands of the economic sector and the growing appreciation of the social dimension of knowledge, implies mobilization within the scope of access to this level of education. If, on the one hand, access policies play a central role, on the other hand, the interactions of individuals in the different environments of which they are part cannot be disregarded. The aim of this paper, from a socio-ecological perspective, was to analyse the movements of access to higher education in Portugal from 1960 to 2017. The interpretation of data on access and legislation on higher education in that period, in relation to the literature review outcomes, made it possible to identify moments of expansion and retraction of access to higher education in Portugal. It was at the confluence of a set of more or less favorable factors that the distinct movements of access originated over time. This confluence of factors led individuals to shape and reshape their aspirations concerning their entry to higher education. 

scholarly journals Editorial

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. v-vii
Author(s):  
Penny Welch ◽  
Susan Wright
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
National History ◽  
International Partnerships ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Social

This issue of Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences includes authors from China, Canada, France and the United States. The first two articles analyse processes of developing international partnerships and networks promoting refugee access to higher education. The other three papers concern aspects of teaching and learning: online learning in accountancy; a flipped pedagogy in sociology; and the inclusion of national history in introductory international relations courses.

scholarly journals Against All Odds? The Enduring Value of Liberal Education in Universities, Professions, and the Labour Market

2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Axelrod ◽  
Paul Anisef ◽  
Zeng Lin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Subjects ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Policy Shifts

The humanities, the social sciences and the fine arts — the core subjects of liberal education — are at risk in Canadian universities, and the danger arises largely from the forced reorientation of higher education to assumed market needs. This paper attempts to explain why such policy shifts are occurring; it points to the continuing cultural, social and intellectual value of liberal education; and, drawing from recent and previously unreported census data, it demonstrates that liberal education produces generally positive economic benefits to the individual graduate. It concludes that policies designed to diminish the presence of liberal education in universities in favour of more supposedly "market-worthy" subjects are short-sighted and threatening to the integrity and vitality of higher education.

scholarly journals How COVID-19 Has Exacerbated Inequality in Higher Education in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Retention In Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

Drawing on educational census data and a review of news articles and higher education policies in Brazil, this article examines the impact of COVID-19 on the access and retention of the low-income Brazilian population in higher education. Guided by the question, “What is the impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable population in Brazil in terms of access to, and retention in higher education?”, the paper is structured in two sections: the first offers a short historical overview of Brazilian higher education; the second examines the impact of the pandemic on student retention in higher education, looking at factors such as social isolation, job and income precarity, use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), internet access, and technological resources. I argue that distance education offered by private higher education institutions benefits the privileged students and that the effects of the pandemic are detrimental to the socially disadvantaged students since those who are in public universities do not always have access to technology, and those who study in private universities feel the impact of not being able to pay tuition fees, besides the loss of several jobs in different sectors. In conclusion, I recommend policy initiatives to improve access to higher education.

Social Mobility in Chilean Youth and Their Parents: A Generational Analysis from the Perspective of Social Reproduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 0094582X2093910
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Rodrigo ◽  
Mauricio Oyarzo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Life Cycle Effects

Recent studies on Chile agree that the country’s youth enjoy greater social mobility than previous generations. This has been attributed either to their greater access to higher education or to life-cycle effects on occupation. A test of these two hypotheses by estimating the socioeconomic positions of four generations of Chileans using a model of analysis based on the social reproduction paradigm shows that younger generations of Chileans have a lower level of social inheritance than the rest of the population only during their initial years in the labor market. Therefore, the greater social mobility observed in them is temporary and is explained by life-cycle effects on occupation. Estudios recientes sobre Chile coinciden en que la actual juventud chilena goza de una mayor movilidad social que las generaciones anteriores. Esto se ha atribuido a su mayor acceso a la educación superior o a los efectos del ciclo de vida en la ocupación. Aquí se examinan estas dos hipótesis a partir de una aproximación en torno a las posiciones socioeconómicas de cuatro generaciones chilenas. Se utiliza un modelo analítico asentado en el paradigma de la reproducción social, el cual nos muestra que las generaciones más jóvenes tienen un grado de herencia social más bajo que el resto de la población tan sólo durante sus primeros años como participantes en el mercado laboral. Por lo tanto, su mayor movilidad social es temporal y se explica a partir de los efectos del ciclo de vida en la ocupación.

Where the Money is for Visually Impaired College Students: Financial Aid Information for Higher Education

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 248-250
Author(s):  
Robin L. Tannenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Aid Programs

Summarizes financial aid programs available from national blindness agencies, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. Application procedures and contact addresses are listed.

Funding Sources for Visually Impaired Students in Higher Education

1987 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 472-476
Author(s):  
M. Traber
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Visually Impaired Students ◽  
Aid Programs

Update of a summary of financial aid programs available from national blindness agencies, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and the federal government. Application procedures and contact addresses are listed.

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