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ERIC Number: EJ488715
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
Trends in Social Class and Gender in Access to Higher Education in Britain.
Egerton, Muriel; Halsey, A. H.
Oxford Review of Education, v19 n2 p183-96 1993
Contends that there have been three significant points in the history of access to higher education in Great Britain since 1900. Describes these points: (1) a period of considerable expansion of enrollment; (2) little diminution in relative social class inequality; and (3) a significant diminution in gender equality. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Females, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Social Bias, Social Change, Social Class
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Gender; Great Britain