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ERIC Number: EJ557688
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
A College Education for Any and All.
Rubinson, Richard; Hurst, David
Teachers College Record, v99 n1 p62-65 Fall 1997
Research on national systems of education helps explain the U.S. pattern of schooling. Three interrelated factors continue to shape the present transformation of U.S. higher education: the centrality of status competition, the lack of centralized political authority over schooling, and the loose connection between education and the economy. (SM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Higher Education, Labor Market, Politics of Education, Social Influences, Social Status
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: In special section: "The State of American Education."