Mass Higher Education and the Elitist Tradition: The English Experience.

Perkin, Harold

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ERIC Number: EJ143754

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Publication Date: 1976

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Mass Higher Education and the Elitist Tradition: The English Experience

Perkin, Harold

Western European Education, 8, 1-2, 11-35, Spr-Sum 76

Focuses on the direct and indirect ways in which the elitist tradition in the English education system has discriminated against students from working class backgrounds. Concludes that mass higher education cannot be achieved through elitist methods. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Higher Education, Mass Instruction

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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