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Access to Higher Education

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Reduced Inequalities

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Access:

The ways in which higher education institutions, their governance, and higher educational policies ensure or aspire to ensure that all potential students have equal and equitable opportunities to gain access to higher education institutions and allow these students to take full advantage of their educational opportunities.

Equity:

Equity in higher education can be divided into two separate concepts. Equity of access refers to the opportunities to enter higher education and “to access programs at various academic levels and with distinct qualities.” Equity of outcomes refers the opportunities “to progress and complete tertiary studies and also to achieve particular returns to tertiary education” (OECD 2008, p. 14).

Higher education:

Post-secondary education and the programs offered by universities or other types of tertiary institutions.

Introduction

The development of policies and governance mechanisms for influencing access and equity raises some fundamental...

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  1. Faculty of Management and Business/Higher Education Group, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

    Vuokko Kohtamäki & Emmi Nicola Kaila

  2. School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Media, Aalto University, Finland

    Emmi Nicola Kaila

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Kohtamäki, V., Kaila, E.N. (2020). Access to Higher Education. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71060-0_1-1

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