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Isn't It a Pyrrhic Victory?: Over-Privatization and Universal Access in Tertiary Education of Korea
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Kim, Ki-Seok; Woo, Yong-Je – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
This article analyzes the Korean passage to tertiary education for all. With a specific focus on traditional form of higher education, it tries to answer the questions of how and why this extra-ordinary phenomenon happens in a short period of time. Applying a historical sociology method, it attempts to explain the mechanism and consequences of the…
Descriptors: Privatization, Socioeconomic Status, Family Characteristics, Foreign Countries