Equality of Opportunities in Spanish Higher Education

Autor/in	Lopez, Marta Rahona
Titel	Equality of Opportunities in Spanish Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 58 (2009) 3, S.285-306 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-008-9194-5
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Background; Regional Characteristics; Equal Education; Student Characteristics; Correlation; Educational Opportunities; Access to Education; Disproportionate Representation; Educational Environment; College Attendance; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Sozioökonomische Lage; Regionaler Faktor; Korrelation; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Spanien
Abstract	In the past few decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of students attending higher education institutions in Spain. Many commentators believe that this expansion is associated with greater equality of opportunities as more university places offer greater potential for the advancement of students from poorer backgrounds. Unfortunately, this argument is not always true. In fact, there is empirical evidence that the expansion in higher education system disproportionately benefits children from relatively rich and well educated families. In that context, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the possible effects of socioeconomic background on the decision to complete a degree before leaving the educational system in Spain. Taking the data from the Spanish module data on school to work transitions, I estimate several logit models in order to detect the influence of personal and regional characteristics on the educational decisions. The results show that, in spite of the disappearance of universities for only the elite, socioeconomic variables heavily influence the demand for university education, so the equality of opportunities in this educational level has not been completely achieved. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10