Accès et admission à l'enseignement supérieur

Contraintes Globales, Réponses Locales

Bibliographic Data

ID3828124
AuthorsGaële Goastellec (0000-0002-5285-2649)
Year2006
Issue5
Pages15-35
Publication date2006-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers de la recherche sur l éducation et les savoirs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1635-3544 • E-ISSN: 2265-7762
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/cres.1069
OpenAlexW1591643260
LanguageFR
Citations received4
References cited14

This article examines higher education access systems and policies, with illustrations from field research carried out in American and Indonesian universities. Three global pressures are impacting on access: The demographic pressure comes first. It is at the congruence of a mechanical increase in the population, a political choice to widen access, a bigger social demand and a growing symbolic pressure embedded in the concept of knowledge based economy. This demographic pressure carries within itself the two others pressures: The economic pressure, with the diffusion of the concept of efficiency, and the political pressure, that calls for diversification of the student body, especially when it comes to the selection of an elite. Through the analysis of these three pressures, this article highlights the international circulation of some issues within higher education spheres and intends to show how specific local responses can themselves take part in this convergence process

Political science · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Social Policies and Family

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