Bottom Line: Education Is the Great Equalizer. Or Is It?

Autor/inn/en	Marina, Brenda L. H.; Holmes, Nickole D.
Titel	Bottom Line: Education Is the Great Equalizer. Or Is It?
Quelle	In: About Campus, 14 (2009) 3, S.29-32 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1086-4822
DOI	10.1002/abc.293
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Role of Education; Social Class; Social Mobility; Economic Progress; Education Work Relationship; Opportunities; Access to Education; Barriers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsauftrag; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Soziale Mobilität; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Möglichkeit; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang
Abstract	The American Higher Education System plays a crucial role in determining and perpetuating the inequalities in wealth, power, and social class in the society. It does so by serving as the gatekeeper to middle- and upper-class status. According to Lisa Tsui, higher education inherited this function when positions of power and privilege became increasingly dictated by the possession of diplomas and certificates instead of ancestry. Education affords opportunities for an improved everyday life--for example, health and well-being. Education also strongly affects economic growth of both individuals and of the greater society. The benefits and influence of higher education on social groups is a recurring theme throughout "The Chronicle of Higher Education," especially the impact that higher education can have on low-income populations. This article discusses how the issue of social inequalities affects higher education professionals. The authors explore obstacles to access to higher education that mar the American education system. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10