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A Critique of Institutional Inequalities in Higher Education: (Or an Alternative to Hypocrisy for Higher Educational Policy)

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Leathwood, Carole – Theory and Research in Education, 2004

This article seeks to apply Adam Swift's (2003) critique of private and selective schooling to higher education in the UK. The higher education sector in this country is highly differentiated, with high status, research-led elite institutions at the top of the university hierarchy, and newer universities, with far lower levels of funding and…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, Educational Policy, Social Class