Mass University and Social Inclusion: The Paradoxical Effect of Public Policies

Pierre Canisius Kamanzi, Gaële Goastellec and Laurence Pelletier
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Pierre Canisius Kamanzi: Faculty of Education, University of Montreal, Canada
Gaële Goastellec: LACCUS/OSPS, Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Laurence Pelletier: Faculty of Education, University of Montreal, Canada

Social Inclusion, 2021, vol. 9, issue 3, 32-43

Abstract: The objective of this article is to revisit the role of public policies in the social production and reproduction of university access inequalities that have been made evident more than ever in the current intensified mass higher education context. Although the situation is complex and varies from one societal context to another, a systematic review of the existing literature highlights the undeniable responsibility of public policies in this reproduction through three main channels: guidance systems and educational pathways, institutions’ stratification and hierarchization of fields of study and, finally, the financing of studies and tuition fees.

Keywords: educational policies; equity; higher education; inequality; public policies; social exclusion; university (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i3.4165

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