Higher Education for All? (RLE Edu G) [Paperback]

The rapid expansion of higher education provision, particularly in Europe and North America during the 1960s opened up for the first time the question whether everyone should have the opportunity to experience the benefits of higher university and other institutions. The contributors are economists, sociologists and politicians and all have different assumptions, commitments and postures.

The rapid expansion of higher education provision, particularly in Europe and North America during the 1960s opened up for the first time the question whether everyone should have the opportunity to experience the benefits of higher university and other institutions. The contributors are economists, sociologists and politicians and all have different assumptions, commitments and postures.

Introduction, Gordon W. Roderick, Michael D. Stephens; Part 1 The Academic Implications; Chapter 1 The Concept of Higher Education for All Explored, Kenneth Lawson; Chapter 2 Higher Education for all in Today's Society, Geoffrey D Sims; Chapter 3 Education and the Polity*This is a revised and extended version of an inaugural lecture to the chair of Politics at Birkbeck College (University of London) delivered (very belatedly) on 20 January 1977, subsequently printed in the Journal of Higher Education, by kind permission of whose editors this appears., Bernard Crick; Part 2 The Social Implications; Chapter 4 Continuing Education for Social Decision-makers, Robert Houlton; Chapter 5 Towards a Sociology of Universal Higher Education, Colin Fletcher; Part 3 The Economic Implications; Chapter 6 The Problems of Financing Higher Education, Gareth Williams; Chapter 7 Economie Aspects of State Intervention, Alan Maynard; Part 4 The Political Implications; Chapter 8 A Conservative View, Keith Hampson; Chapter 9 A Labour View, Gerald Fowler; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Open Admissions and Numerus Clausus  Causes and Consequences, Torsten Hus?n;US? 1979 This selection lóç