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ERIC Number: EJ557689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Mass Higher Education: What Is Its Impetus? What Is Its Impact?
Dougherty, Kevin J.
Teachers College Record, v99 n1 p66-72 Fall 1997
Given the uncertain benefits of universalizing higher education and the possibility of substantial costs, the issue needs to be examined as a social phenomenon and a political proposal. Social and institutional consequences of this type of educational change need to be weighed. (SM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Costs, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Higher Education, Social Influences, Socioeconomic 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."