The Implications of Massification and Marketisation on Access and Widening Participation
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_257How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Education; Widening Participation; Marketisation; UK; China; USA
- ABSTRACT
Multiple competing pressures are presently placed on higher education access and participation. A global trend that seems impossible to reverse is the rise of massification and marketization. This article will make the case that massification effects stratification, breaks up the authority of the elite to some extent, promotes access, and broadens participation by drawing on the experiences of the UK, China, and the USA. Although these factors may have the effect of promoting social equity, if there are too many students enrolled, the perceived value of university degrees and the quality of the education may be diminished. This may have the effect of deterring individuals from lower social classes from attending university, though it can be very challenging to determine the exact number of students who constitute an excessive number. Although there is evidence that the marketization of education has increased access chances, tuition costs are likely to deter those with limited financial resources from enrolling in higher education. The rise in the number of private institutions is mostly a result of this.
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TY - CONF AU - Luyang Jin PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/30 TI - The Implications of Massification and Marketisation on Access and Widening Participation BT - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 2238 EP - 2246 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_257 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_257 ID - Jin2022 ER -