Affirmative Action and Women in Uganda's Public University Education

Autor/in	Odaga, Geoffrey
Titel	Affirmative Action and Women in Uganda's Public University Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 35 (2022) 1, S.1-18 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/s41307-020-00189-8
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Affirmative Action; Access to Education; Higher Education; Educational Policy; College Admission; Females; Equal Education; Individual Characteristics; Geographic Regions; Socioeconomic Status; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	This article examines how Affirmative Action was used to govern access to higher education for the disadvantaged. In 1991, a gender-based Affirmative Action policy was incorporated into college admission in Uganda. Using existing empirical data at district and college levels, the article accounts for the categories of women for whom the Uganda's Affirmative Action policy is most effective. The study found that Affirmative Action had a substantial effect. Sixty-six per cent of the sampled population would not have been admitted, had it not been for Affirmative Action. But the policy did not work for the historically disadvantaged; it worked for specific categories of women from specific regions, districts and high schools; on grounds that it was implemented for competitive reasons. The study provides relevant lessons for policy making in countries grappling with the challenges of high socio-economic inequality and higher returns to higher education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01