Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study

by Adam Gamoran and Richard Arum

The mass expansion of higher education is one of the most important social transformations of the second half of the twentieth century. In this book, scholars from 15 countries, representing Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Israel, Australia, and the United States, assess the links between this expansion and inequality in the national context.

Contrary to most expectations, the authors show that as access to higher education expands,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804771529
• ISBN13: 9780804771528
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"