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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)
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