From Elite University to Mass Higher Education.
The transition research framework combines two selection mechanisms, one non-discriminatory, based on equality criteria for transition from home to education, the other discriminatory, based on suitability criteria for transition from education to labour market. With the expansive, egalitarian Nordi...
| Publicado en: | Acta Sociologica (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 231 - 248 |
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