Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South: Lessons from Africa, Latin America and...

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Etienne Gérard

Private Higher Education and Inequalities in the Global South

Lessons from Africa, Latin America and Asia

Etienne Gérard

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English

Springer International Publishing AG
25 April 2024

Population & demography; Inclusive education & mainstreaming; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development

Based on original findings from research carried out in six low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of private higher education and social and academic inequality, a topic largely unexplored in the social science literature, particularly on private higher education. Field surveys of different categories of actors in numerous private universities have combined common methods and tools in countries chosen for the differences in their social structures and the characteristics, organization and development of their private higher education systems. Based on these qualitative surveys, combined with available quantitative data on higher education, this book analyzes the production and reproduction of social and academic inequalities in countries as diverse as Argentina, Mexico, Peru, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Vietnam.

Finally, the historical and social structuringof the private education systems in the selected countries provides the framework for analyses that go beyond the traditional higher education demand/supply and public policy approaches to explore the perspective of the actors – institutional administrators, teaching staff and students.

Edited by: Etienne Gérard
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2024
Volume: 17
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
ISBN: 9783031547553
ISBN 10: 3031547551
Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 25 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction. From deregulation of the higher education market to meritocratic elitism: reflections on the fabrication of inequalities by the private sector.- Chapter 2. Private higher education in Vietnam. A factor in increasing or reducing inequalities?.- Chapter 3. Private higher education in Argentina. A channel for reproducing inequality?.- Chapter 4. Deregulation of higher education, the diversification of private universities and university experiments in inequality in Peru.- Chapter 5. Higher education under the yoke of the market. Private universities in Mexico and social inequalities.- Chapter 6. Private higher education provision and the management of social inequalities in Senegal: practices and limitations.- Chapter 7. Private higher education in a post-abdication state. (Non)governance and inequality in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Etienne Gerard is a sociologist of education. He has conducted extensive research on schooling and knowledge in Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso), higher education internationalisation and international student mobility (Morocco and Mexico), and higher education and research policies (Mexico). His current interests focus on private higher education, particularly in Latin America and Mexico.