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Author:   Antonia Kupfer (University of Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415693462

ISBN 10:   0415693462
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   02 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction Antonia Kupfer 1. Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Comparative Understanding of Higher Education, the Labour Market and Inequality Antonia Kupfer 2. Trajectories of higher education system differentiation: structural policy-making and the impact of tuition fees in England and Australia Colin McCaig 3. Educational reform, inequality and the structure of higher education in New Zealand Robert Strathdee 4. Why are higher education participation rates in Germany so low? Institutional barriers to higher education expansion Justin Powell and Heike Solga 5. Credential inflation and employment in ‘universal’ higher education: enrolment, expansion, and (in)equity via privatization in Japan Takehiko Kariya 6. Humboldt goes to the labour market: how academic higher education fuels labour market success in the Czech Republic Petr Pabian, Karel Sima and Lucie Kyncilova 7. Young people’s management of the transition from education to employment in the knowledge-based sector in Shanghai Qi Wang and John Lowe 8. The structure and silence of the cognotariat Christopher Newfield 9. Gender equality policies and higher education careers Caroline Berggren 10. Elusive equity in doctoral education in South Africa and international Competitiveness Chaya Herman

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Antonia Kupfer is Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK and Visiting Scholar of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA. Her research fields are social theories, education, social inequality and gender.

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