A College Education for Any and All.

Rubinson, Richard; Hurst, David

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ERIC Number: EJ557688

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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A College Education for Any and All.

Rubinson, Richard; Hurst, David

Teachers College Record, v99 n1 p62-65 Fall 1997

Research on national systems of education helps explain the U.S. pattern of schooling. Three interrelated factors continue to shape the present transformation of U.S. higher education: the centrality of status competition, the lack of centralized political authority over schooling, and the loose connection between education and the economy. (SM)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Enrollment Trends, Equal Education, Higher Education, Labor Market, Politics of Education, Social Influences, Social Status

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: In special section: "The State of American Education."