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Title:

Origins, journeys and returns : social justice in international higher education / edited by Toby Alice Volkman ; with Joan Dassin and Mary Zurbuchen.

Publisher:

Social Science Research Council,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

266 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

People with social disabilities--Education (Higher)--Developing countries--Cross-cultural studies.
Educational equalization--Developing countries--Cross-cultural studies.
Social justice--Developing countries--Cross-cultural studies.

Other Authors:

Volkman, Toby Alice, 1948-
Dassin, Joan.
Zurbuchen, Mary Sabina.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Higher education as a vehicle for social justice: opportunities and constraints / Joan Dassin -- The question of "disadvantage" / Mary Zurbuchen -- South Africa: justice and disadvantage in a new democracy / Shireen Hassim -- Nigeria: higher education and the challenge of access / Wilson Akpan and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Mexico and Guatemala: multiple faces of marginalization / David Navarette and Anabella Acevedo -- Brazil: excluded groups in higher education / Valter Silv©♭rio -- Vietnam: creating favorable conditions / Mary Zurbuchen -- India: layered inequalities / Ganesh Devy -- Journeys: the international experience / Toby Alice Volkman -- "Return" and "returns": brain drain and the path back home / Joan Dassin -- Beyond measure: fellowships and social justice / Joan Dassin, Toby Alice Volkman, and Mary Zurbuchen.

ISBN:

0979077281
9780979077289

OCLC:

(OCoLC)286521185

LCCN:

2009003139

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)