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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author JERRIM, John (VIGNOLES, Anna)
Title University access for disadvantaged children : a comparison across countires / Jphn Jerrim ; Anna Vignoles
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 70 (2015) 6, S. 903 - 921
Inventory number 39043
Keywords Studentenschaft : gesundheitliche Lage ; Ausland : Australien : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : Großbritannien : Studium, Studenten, Lehre ; Ausland : Kanada : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : USA : Studenten, Studium, Lehre
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. (HRK / Abstract übernomen) Jerrim, John, E-Mail: j.jerrim@ioe.ac.uk