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ERIC Number: EJ1104974
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-5748
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Are Universities Becoming More Unequal?
Yan, Lau; Rosen, Harvey S.
Review of Higher Education, v39 n4 p479-514 Sum 2016
Observers have expressed concern about growing inequality in resources across universities. But are universities really becoming more unequal? We argue that the typical approach of examining endowment growth alone is not sensible. In line with the literature on household inequality, we focus instead on a comprehensive income measure. We find that although there is considerable inequality among institutions, concerns about the inexorable growth of inequality are overblown. Whether one looks at income, endowment wealth, or expenditure, inequality has been high but stable, exhibiting only negligible increases in recent years. Furthermore, there has been little mobility within the higher education sector.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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