University Access for Disadvantaged Children: A Comparison across Countries

Autor/inn/en	Jerrim, John; Vignoles, Anna
Titel	University Access for Disadvantaged Children: A Comparison across Countries
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 70 (2015) 6, S.903-921 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-015-9878-6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Access to Education; Higher Education; Academic Achievement; Disadvantaged; Socioeconomic Influences; Comparative Analysis; Australia; Canada; United Kingdom (England); United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulleistung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Australien; Kanada; USA
Abstract	In this paper, we consider whether certain countries are particularly adept (or particularly poor) at getting children from disadvantaged homes to study for a bachelor's degree. A series of university access models are estimated for four English-speaking countries (England, Canada, Australia and the USA), which include controls for comparable measures of academic achievement at age 15. Our results suggest that socioeconomic differences in university access are more pronounced in England and Canada than Australia and the USA and that cross-national variation in the socioeconomic gap remains even once we take account of differences in academic achievement. We discuss the implications of our findings for the creation of more socially mobile societies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01