Second-chance alternatives and maintained inequality in access to higher education in Israel.

Autor/inn/en	Bar-Haim, Eyal; Blank, Carmel
Titel	Second-chance alternatives and maintained inequality in access to higher education in Israel.
Quelle	In: Social Inclusion, 7 (2019) 1, S. 28-37 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2183-2803
DOI	10.17645/si.v7i1.1612
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Bildungschance; Soziale Ungleichheit; Bildung; Israel; Soziale Ungleichheit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulzugang; Ethnische Herkunft; Israel
Abstract	Students are expected to obtain a matriculation diploma during their high school years. Throughout the world, it is considered as a precondition to gaining access to higher education. However, those who failed to meet this criterion can employ, in some cases, "second-chance" alternatives - either to obtain a diploma at an older age, or to enter specific academic programs that do not require one. The literature on second-chance alternatives tends to concentrate on these programs' evaluation. It rarely addresses the overall effect of these programs on inequality of educational opportunities (IEO). The current study focuses on Israelis who failed to gain a matriculation diploma at their high school graduation and contemplate on the effects that ethnic differences between them play on their chances to enter higher education. Based on a new Panel survey (2012-2016), we found that Israelis from affluent ethnic backgrounds were able to increase their chances to access higher education using "second-chance alternatives". Those from minority groups, most notably Arabs, were less likely to benefit from these alternatives. While originally aimed at improving higher education enrolment for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, these "second-chance alternatives" resulted in an increase of ethnic-based IEO. Considering the lower rates of Israelis who utilise them, we deduct that these programs "failed" to accomplish their original purpose. However, we argue that they merit further research since their understanding can benefit researchers and policy makers.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2020/1