Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective

1. The Crisis of Higher Education Access—A Crisis of Justice
Heinz-Dieter Meyer, Edward P. St. John, Maia Chankseliani, Lina Uribe

Part I. Fairness in Higher Education Access—Normative and Historical Perspectives

2. Reasoning about Fairness in Access to Higher Education
Heinz-Dieter Meyer

3. A Vision of Equal Opportunity in Postsecondary Education
Lesley A. Jacobs

4. The Legacy of the Gi Bill
Edward P. St. John

Part II. Excellence, Equity, Effectiveness—A Comparative Look at the Policies of Access

5. The Finnish Model of Higher Education Access
Marja Jalava

6. Chinese Higher Education
Yan Luo, Po Yang

7. Access Policy and Social Justice in Higher Education
Lina Uribe

8. Globalization and Access to Higher Education in Korea
Jiyun Kim, Hee Sun Kim

9. The Effects of College Cost and Financial AID in Germany
Anna J. Kroth

10. Higher Education Access in Post-Soviet Georgia
Maia Chankseliani

11. The Quest for Access, Equity and Social Justice in Higher Education in South Africa
Jan Nieuwenhuis, Chika Sehoole

12. Brazil’s Radical Approach to Expanding Access for Underrepresented College Students
Patricia Somers, Marilia Morosini, Miriam Pan, James E. Cofer

13. Income-Contingent Repayment as Public Policy
Chris Rasmussen

Part III. Resistance to Managerialism

14. Causes and Consequences of the Student Protests in Chile
Óscar Espinoza, Luis Eduardo González

15. Alternatives to Managerialism
Anna Schwenck

Part IV. Policy Changes Towards Greater Fairness

16. Fairness in Access to Higher Education
Heinz-Dieter Meyer, Edward P. St. John, Marja Jalava, Anna J. Kroth, Patricia Somers

17. Reconciling Efficiency with Excellence and Fairness
Edward P. St. John, Heinz-Dieter Meyer

Keywords: Education, Education (general)