Expansion and Stratification of Higher Educational Opportunity in Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Yao, Cheng Sheng; Jacob, W. James
Titel	Expansion and Stratification of Higher Educational Opportunity in Taiwan
Quelle	In: Chinese Education and Society, 45 (2012) 5-6, S.112-133 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1061-1932
DOI	10.2753/CED1061-1932450509
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Opportunities; Vocational Education; Foreign Countries; War; Social Stratification; Social Change; Equal Education; Access to Education; Correlation; National Surveys; Universities; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Sex Fairness; College Students; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Ausland; Krieg; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Sozialer Wandel; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Korrelation; University; Universität; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sexualaufklärung; Collegestudent
Abstract	The global phenomenon of higher educational expansion and opportunity is one of the major social changes since World War II. In 1949, only 1 university and 3 junior colleges existed in Taiwan. After 60 years, the number of higher education institutions had grown to 163, including 147 universities/colleges and 16 junior colleges. The dialectic between equity and access of higher educational opportunity has been a key area for debate among Taiwan educators and policy makers over the last decade. Along with the increasing number of higher education enrollments, the issue related to the stratification of higher educational opportunity becomes an increasingly important issue. Based on premises of two theories--Maximum Maintained Inequality and Effectively Maintained Inequality--the authors analyze the relationship between expansion and stratification of higher educational opportunity via one nationwide higher education survey administered by the Center on Research for Educational Evaluation and Development (CREED) at the National Taiwan Normal University. Findings indicate that the expansion of higher education does not necessarily parallel equal access to higher education. This conclusion is reinforced based on the study's findings that ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender inequalities have generally decreased for higher education students attending the less selective vocational track but increased for those attending the more selective general track. (Contains 8 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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