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Educational Expansion: The Worms In The Apple

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Expansion of higher education can undermine rather than enhance the value of education for low income families. Less well qualified children of higher income families are the main beneficiaries of the expansion and the value of the qualifications of those who do not participate in higher education can be undermined. The most obvious practical policy that would expand educational opportunity for all would be to treat all adult students equally and give further education institutions and universities comparable, as well as greater, freedom from government control.

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  • Alison Wolf, 2005. "Educational Expansion: The Worms In The Apple," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 36-40, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:25:y:2005:i:1:p:36-40
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2005.00540.x
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    2. Nicholas Barr, 2004. "Higher Education Funding," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 20(2), pages 264-283, Summer.
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