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Does Uneven Proximity to Higher Education Oases Drive Inequality in Higher Education? The Application of Coarsened Exact Matching in Taiwan
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Fu, Yuan Chih; Chin, Joseph Meng Chun; Kao, Jui Hung; Quetzal, Amelio Salvador – Higher Education Policy, 2022
In this study, we use village-level data to examine the impact of geographic proximity on inequality in higher education. We define higher education oases as the area collectively constructed by all the universities within a 15-km travel distance radius from research-intensive universities. Based on the coarsened exact matching method, we…
Descriptors: Proximity, Geographic Location, Universities, Research Universities
Effects of Higher Education Expansion on Gender Parity: A 65-Year Trajectory in Taiwan
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Chang, Dian-Fu – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
This study explores gender parity on the basis of distinctive expansion stages in the higher education system of Taiwan. Gender parity is one of the key components used to determine equal opportunities for accessing higher education. Therefore, this study evaluated gender parity and explored the potential gaps at the undergraduate, master and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Bachelors Degrees
Expansion and Stratification of Higher Educational Opportunity in Taiwan
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Yao, Cheng Sheng; Jacob, W. James – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
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…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Social Class Barriers of the Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan
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Ru-Jer, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
In recent years, the rapid growth of higher education in Taiwan has led to an essential shift from education for the elite to the massification of higher education. Although this massification is making higher education more accessible, one of the main concerns is whether opportunities for higher education are the same among all social classes in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives
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Weis, Lois, Ed.; Dolby, Nadine, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
"Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives" is the first empirically grounded volume to explore the intersections of class, social structure, opportunity, and education on a truly global scale. Fifteen essays from contributors representing the US, Europe, China, Latin America and other regions offer an unparralleled examination of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Middle Class, School Choice
Persistent Inequality: Changing Educational Attainment in Thirteen Countries. Social Inequality Series.
Shavit, Yossi, Ed.; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Ed. – 1993
This book encompasses a systematic, comparative study of change in educational stratification in 13 industrialized countries, exploring which societal conditions help reduce existing inequalities in educational opportunity. The contributors show that in most industrialized countries inequalities in educational opportunity among students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations