A disparity in access to higher education exists between rural and urban regions of the world. Equal access to higher education for students from rural areas is a priority for government leaders in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. This study addressed the problem of lower-than-expected enrollment of students from rural areas at branches of the International Mountainous University (IMU, pseudonym) located in rural regions of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate the experiences and perceptions of 10 IMU students about gaining access to higher education. Informed by the theory of habitus, the research questions focused on perceptions of (a) the experience of gaining access and (b) sacrifices related to gaining access to higher education. Transcripts of individual, open-ended interviews were analyzed using elemental coding and verified through member checking. Four themes emerged: (a) academic barriers, (b) information and communication barriers, (c) support, and (d) material and nonmaterial sacrifices. Findings led to the development of a white paper recommending that IMU establish partnerships with high schools, develop parent outreach programs, and introduce inclusive admissions practices. Positive social change may result from providing IMU with program and policy recommendations that support the institution's vision of increased access to education for rural residents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Youth Futures is a community-based intervention intended to improve post-secondary education (PSE) access rates among high school youth from low-income families, who tend to be under-represented in higher education (Berger, Motte, & Parkin, 2009; Norrie & Zhao, 2011). The bilingual (French and English) program spans seven months and consists of mentoring by university students, leadership training, workplace training and skill development activities, paid summer employment, and exposure to college and university settings. This thesis examined the outcomes of the Youth Futures program through three distinct studies. First, a quasi-experimental study was conducted to investigate short-term outcomes among program participants (N = 44, mean age of 16 years old at baseline) in comparison to a group of their peers (N = 40, mean age of 16 years old at baseline). Second, a qualitative study was conducted with a purposeful sample of program participants (N = 20, mean age of 17 years old) to explore their first-hand experiences through semi-structured, open-ended interviews. Third, program alumni (N = 79, mean age of 19 years old) were briefly interviewed via telephone to investigate longer-term outcomes, including employment experience and enrolment and persistence in PSE. Overall, no evidence was found to suggest that exposure to the Youth Futures program contributed to increased access to PSE among participants. Some characteristics of the Youth Futures sample recruited in the three studies raised questions about whether participants were at risk of not accessing PSE in the absence of the intervention (Berger et al., 2009; Childs, Finnie, & Mueller, 2015; Finnie, Childs, & Wismer, 2011). Findings indicated several program improvement strategies that may be useful in modifying the Youth Futures program to ensure that students in need of the intervention receive tailored programming and that the timing of the intervention is effective. Experts have called for a stronger evidence base in this area to facilitate sound decision-making about which potential program models to establish or expand and how to match students to the programs that best address their particular needs (Barnett et al., 2012; Brock, 2010; Le, Mariano, & Faxon-Mills, 2016; Shultz & Mueller 2006; Tierney & Hagedorn, 2007).

There are more and more foreigners living every year in the Czech Republic. Their lives, working opportunities and overall social integration are significantly affected by their education and the access to it. This diploma thesis brings essentially an overview of possibilities of education in four areas: the learning of the Czech language and the access to university, high school or higher vocational school education; the acquisition of social, cultural and legal awareness, as well as other paths for gaining qualification or retraining. However, foreigners are commonly faced with deterrents when coming from a foreign educational system to the Czech one: nostrification of their documents, bureaucracy, language barriers and financial difficulties. The research part of the thesis has shown that there are some differences between two large minorities - the Americans and the Ukrainians - as to their access to education and motivation to learn. Furthermore, it has ascertained that their integration also hinges upon whether they are coming to the Czech Republic with a secure goal (job, studies, Czech partner or family) and what their financial background is.

A tese tem por objetivo investigar padrões de associação entre origens sociais e destinos educacionais no Brasil. Conceitualmente a análise baseia-se na agenda de pesquisa em modelos de progressão educacional, e na agenda comparativa internacional que dela deriva. Apresentamos uma revisão da literatura nacional e internacional sobre modelos de progressão educacional e, a partir dos microdados do Censo Demográfico entre 1960 e 2010, descrevemos a evolução da distribuição de oportunidades educacionais e da associação entre origens sociais e destinos educacionais entre os jovens ao longo do processo de modernização da sociedade brasileira. Os achados evidenciam desigualdades persistentes no nível médio e crescentes na entrada do ensino superior. A partir destes achados aprofundamos o olhar sobre essas transições em períodos recentes utilizando a PNAD, de modo reunir evidências sobre a associação entre progressão educacional, participação no mercado de trabalho e expansão do sistema de ensino superior. Ao fim, partindo de um estudo de caso, buscamos investigar o impacto de reformas educacionais recentes sobre a acessibilidade ao ensino superior público no Brasil, e evidenciar padrões de desigualdades de oportunidades educacionais entre carreiras no ensino superior / This thesis aims at examining patterns of association between social origins and educational destinations in Brazil. In conceptual terms, the analysis is based on the educational transitions models literature, and its international comparative research agenda. Firstly, we review the national and international debate on this field. Secondly, we identify the main trends in the distribution of educational opportunities in Brazil between 1960 and 2010, based upon a rigorous analysis of six census datasets, in order to measure the association between social origins and educational destinations amongst youngsters during the modernization process of the Brazilian society. The findings show persistent inequalities on secondary level and increasing inequalities at university level. Thirdly, we take a closer look at those transitions based on household survey datasets (PNADs), bringing evidence on the associations between educational progression, participation in the labor market and the expansion of higher education system. Finally, based on a case-study, we try to explore the impact of recent reforms on the accessibility to public tertiary education, as well as identify patterns of stratification between fields of study

O presente trabalho é resultado de investigação sobre o acesso da mulher no ensino superior na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), no período de 1970 a 2015/1. A análise do percurso histórico trilhado pelas mulheres em sua luta pelo direito à educação revela que elas permaneceram por um longo tempo à margem dos processos educacionais, sobretudo no que se refere ao ensino superior no Brasil, historicamente caracterizado como um espaço de formação exclusivamente masculino. Inúmeras barreiras, sobretudo políticas, sociais e culturais, tiveram de ser rompidas para que as mulheres pudessem aceder a esse nível de ensino que, num primeiro momento, restringiu a presença feminina a áreas específicas, contribuindo, dessa forma, para a disseminação e reforço de concepções errôneas e estereotipadas, em parte ainda vigentes, de que a capacidade intelectual feminina se reduz a determinadas áreas do saber, principalmente àquelas relacionadas às Ciências Humanas e Sociais. A pesquisa empírica consistiu na coleta, tabulação, representação gráfica e análise dos dados sobre alunos e alunas ingressantes na UFRGS no período de 1970 a 2015/1, obtidos junto à Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), objetivando confrontar entre si, em termos de acesso ou presença feminina ao longo do período elencado, as oito grandes áreas do conhecimento em que são classificados os cursos de graduação da UFRGS, bem como refletir sobre as desigualdades de gênero verificadas nessas diferentes áreas do ensino superior, com atenção também para os possíveis fatores que mantêm homens e mulheres restritos a determinadas áreas do saber. A análise detalhada dos dados revelou que, apesar do crescimento do número de mulheres ingressantes no ensino superior, o acesso da mulher na UFRGS não se deu de forma homogênea, isto é, de forma ampla e de maneira a contemplar todas as áreas do saber. Com efeito, as mulheres ainda permanecem minoria em algumas áreas tradicionalmente ditas “masculinas”, como, por exemplo, as áreas de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas. Dessa forma, foi possível perceber que a trajetória escolar diferenciada para meninos e meninas, que foi sendo historicamente construída e reforçada ao longo do tempo, imprime, ainda hoje, fortes marcas na educação superior. / This work is the result of research on women's access to higher education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in the period from 1970 to 2015/1. The analysis of the historical path trodden by women in their struggle for the right to education reveals that they remained for a long time on the sidelines of educational processes, especially with regard to higher education in Brazil, historically characterized as an exclusively male training space. Many barriers, especially political, social and cultural rights, had to be broken so that women could access that level of education that, at first, restricted the female presence in specific areas, thereby contributing to the spread and strengthening erroneous and stereotypical conceptions, in part still in force, that female intellectual capacity is reduced to certain areas of knowledge, especially those related to human and social sciences. The empirical research consisted of the collection, tabulation, graphical representation and analysis of data on students and freshmen students at UFRGS from 1970 to 2015/1, obtained from the Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), aiming to confront each other in terms access or female presence along the part listed period, eight major areas of knowledge that are classified undergraduate courses at UFRGS and reflect on gender inequalities observed in these different areas of higher education, with attention also to the possible factors that keep men and women restricted to certain areas of knowledge. Detailed analysis of the data revealed that despite the growing number of freshmen women in higher education, women's access UFRGS did not occur homogeneously, that is, broadly and in order to cover all areas of knowledge. Indeed, women still remain in some areas traditionally minority said "male", for example, areas of exact science. Thus, it was revealed that the differentiated school life for boys and girls, which has historically been built and strengthened over time, prints, still, strong brands in higher education.

A tese tem por objetivo investigar padrões de associação entre origens sociais e destinos educacionais no Brasil. Conceitualmente a análise baseia-se na agenda de pesquisa em modelos de progressão educacional, e na agenda comparativa internacional que dela deriva. Apresentamos uma revisão da literatura nacional e internacional sobre modelos de progressão educacional e, a partir dos microdados do Censo Demográfico entre 1960 e 2010, descrevemos a evolução da distribuição de oportunidades educacionais e da associação entre origens sociais e destinos educacionais entre os jovens ao longo do processo de modernização da sociedade brasileira. Os achados evidenciam desigualdades persistentes no nível médio e crescentes na entrada do ensino superior. A partir destes achados aprofundamos o olhar sobre essas transições em períodos recentes utilizando a PNAD, de modo reunir evidências sobre a associação entre progressão educacional, participação no mercado de trabalho e expansão do sistema de ensino superior. Ao fim, partindo de um estudo de caso, buscamos investigar o impacto de reformas educacionais recentes sobre a acessibilidade ao ensino superior público no Brasil, e evidenciar padrões de desigualdades de oportunidades educacionais entre carreiras no ensino superior / This thesis aims at examining patterns of association between social origins and educational destinations in Brazil. In conceptual terms, the analysis is based on the educational transitions models literature, and its international comparative research agenda. Firstly, we review the national and international debate on this field. Secondly, we identify the main trends in the distribution of educational opportunities in Brazil between 1960 and 2010, based upon a rigorous analysis of six census datasets, in order to measure the association between social origins and educational destinations amongst youngsters during the modernization process of the Brazilian society. The findings show persistent inequalities on secondary level and increasing inequalities at university level. Thirdly, we take a closer look at those transitions based on household survey datasets (PNADs), bringing evidence on the associations between educational progression, participation in the labor market and the expansion of higher education system. Finally, based on a case-study, we try to explore the impact of recent reforms on the accessibility to public tertiary education, as well as identify patterns of stratification between fields of study

O presente trabalho é resultado de investigação sobre o acesso da mulher no ensino superior na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), no período de 1970 a 2015/1. A análise do percurso histórico trilhado pelas mulheres em sua luta pelo direito à educação revela que elas permaneceram por um longo tempo à margem dos processos educacionais, sobretudo no que se refere ao ensino superior no Brasil, historicamente caracterizado como um espaço de formação exclusivamente masculino. Inúmeras barreiras, sobretudo políticas, sociais e culturais, tiveram de ser rompidas para que as mulheres pudessem aceder a esse nível de ensino que, num primeiro momento, restringiu a presença feminina a áreas específicas, contribuindo, dessa forma, para a disseminação e reforço de concepções errôneas e estereotipadas, em parte ainda vigentes, de que a capacidade intelectual feminina se reduz a determinadas áreas do saber, principalmente àquelas relacionadas às Ciências Humanas e Sociais. A pesquisa empírica consistiu na coleta, tabulação, representação gráfica e análise dos dados sobre alunos e alunas ingressantes na UFRGS no período de 1970 a 2015/1, obtidos junto à Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), objetivando confrontar entre si, em termos de acesso ou presença feminina ao longo do período elencado, as oito grandes áreas do conhecimento em que são classificados os cursos de graduação da UFRGS, bem como refletir sobre as desigualdades de gênero verificadas nessas diferentes áreas do ensino superior, com atenção também para os possíveis fatores que mantêm homens e mulheres restritos a determinadas áreas do saber. A análise detalhada dos dados revelou que, apesar do crescimento do número de mulheres ingressantes no ensino superior, o acesso da mulher na UFRGS não se deu de forma homogênea, isto é, de forma ampla e de maneira a contemplar todas as áreas do saber. Com efeito, as mulheres ainda permanecem minoria em algumas áreas tradicionalmente ditas “masculinas”, como, por exemplo, as áreas de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas. Dessa forma, foi possível perceber que a trajetória escolar diferenciada para meninos e meninas, que foi sendo historicamente construída e reforçada ao longo do tempo, imprime, ainda hoje, fortes marcas na educação superior. / This work is the result of research on women's access to higher education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in the period from 1970 to 2015/1. The analysis of the historical path trodden by women in their struggle for the right to education reveals that they remained for a long time on the sidelines of educational processes, especially with regard to higher education in Brazil, historically characterized as an exclusively male training space. Many barriers, especially political, social and cultural rights, had to be broken so that women could access that level of education that, at first, restricted the female presence in specific areas, thereby contributing to the spread and strengthening erroneous and stereotypical conceptions, in part still in force, that female intellectual capacity is reduced to certain areas of knowledge, especially those related to human and social sciences. The empirical research consisted of the collection, tabulation, graphical representation and analysis of data on students and freshmen students at UFRGS from 1970 to 2015/1, obtained from the Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), aiming to confront each other in terms access or female presence along the part listed period, eight major areas of knowledge that are classified undergraduate courses at UFRGS and reflect on gender inequalities observed in these different areas of higher education, with attention also to the possible factors that keep men and women restricted to certain areas of knowledge. Detailed analysis of the data revealed that despite the growing number of freshmen women in higher education, women's access UFRGS did not occur homogeneously, that is, broadly and in order to cover all areas of knowledge. Indeed, women still remain in some areas traditionally minority said "male", for example, areas of exact science. Thus, it was revealed that the differentiated school life for boys and girls, which has historically been built and strengthened over time, prints, still, strong brands in higher education.

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O presente trabalho é resultado de investigação sobre o acesso da mulher no ensino superior na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), no período de 1970 a 2015/1. A análise do percurso histórico trilhado pelas mulheres em sua luta pelo direito à educação revela que elas permaneceram por um longo tempo à margem dos processos educacionais, sobretudo no que se refere ao ensino superior no Brasil, historicamente caracterizado como um espaço de formação exclusivamente masculino. Inúmeras barreiras, sobretudo políticas, sociais e culturais, tiveram de ser rompidas para que as mulheres pudessem aceder a esse nível de ensino que, num primeiro momento, restringiu a presença feminina a áreas específicas, contribuindo, dessa forma, para a disseminação e reforço de concepções errôneas e estereotipadas, em parte ainda vigentes, de que a capacidade intelectual feminina se reduz a determinadas áreas do saber, principalmente àquelas relacionadas às Ciências Humanas e Sociais. A pesquisa empírica consistiu na coleta, tabulação, representação gráfica e análise dos dados sobre alunos e alunas ingressantes na UFRGS no período de 1970 a 2015/1, obtidos junto à Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), objetivando confrontar entre si, em termos de acesso ou presença feminina ao longo do período elencado, as oito grandes áreas do conhecimento em que são classificados os cursos de graduação da UFRGS, bem como refletir sobre as desigualdades de gênero verificadas nessas diferentes áreas do ensino superior, com atenção também para os possíveis fatores que mantêm homens e mulheres restritos a determinadas áreas do saber. A análise detalhada dos dados revelou que, apesar do crescimento do número de mulheres ingressantes no ensino superior, o acesso da mulher na UFRGS não se deu de forma homogênea, isto é, de forma ampla e de maneira a contemplar todas as áreas do saber. Com efeito, as mulheres ainda permanecem minoria em algumas áreas tradicionalmente ditas “masculinas”, como, por exemplo, as áreas de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas. Dessa forma, foi possível perceber que a trajetória escolar diferenciada para meninos e meninas, que foi sendo historicamente construída e reforçada ao longo do tempo, imprime, ainda hoje, fortes marcas na educação superior. / This work is the result of research on women's access to higher education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), in the period from 1970 to 2015/1. The analysis of the historical path trodden by women in their struggle for the right to education reveals that they remained for a long time on the sidelines of educational processes, especially with regard to higher education in Brazil, historically characterized as an exclusively male training space. Many barriers, especially political, social and cultural rights, had to be broken so that women could access that level of education that, at first, restricted the female presence in specific areas, thereby contributing to the spread and strengthening erroneous and stereotypical conceptions, in part still in force, that female intellectual capacity is reduced to certain areas of knowledge, especially those related to human and social sciences. The empirical research consisted of the collection, tabulation, graphical representation and analysis of data on students and freshmen students at UFRGS from 1970 to 2015/1, obtained from the Pró-Reitoria de Graduação (PROGRAD), aiming to confront each other in terms access or female presence along the part listed period, eight major areas of knowledge that are classified undergraduate courses at UFRGS and reflect on gender inequalities observed in these different areas of higher education, with attention also to the possible factors that keep men and women restricted to certain areas of knowledge. Detailed analysis of the data revealed that despite the growing number of freshmen women in higher education, women's access UFRGS did not occur homogeneously, that is, broadly and in order to cover all areas of knowledge. Indeed, women still remain in some areas traditionally minority said "male", for example, areas of exact science. Thus, it was revealed that the differentiated school life for boys and girls, which has historically been built and strengthened over time, prints, still, strong brands in higher education.

This study In an attempt to promote equal access to education, we in South Africa, have adopted an instrumentalist approach to the debate of the right to education. In other words, we have provided an enabling legal framework and we simply assume that access to education has been granted to every one. We continue to pretend that we understand what exactly the concept of “access to education” means. We also assume that we all have a common understanding of what the Constitution means by the right to education. On 26 June 1955 the historic Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC) was adopted. This charter declared “the doors of learning and culture shall be opened.” Over the next four decades, the demand for open and equal access to education became central platform in the anti-apartheid struggles that brought an ANC-led government to power in 1994. Yet, ten years later (2004) the problem of access continues to preoccupy education planners and activists against the backdrop of some of the most progressive policy positions including a Constitution that recognizes education as a basic right. The intellectual puzzle that motivates this study is to explain, therefore, why despite its prominence, it continues to be regarded as an intractable problem. The research strategy adopted in pursuit of this puzzle is to trace the changing meanings of the concept of “access to education” under and after apartheid, and its expression in the practices of two case study schools (comparative case studies). Data was collected from different sources to trace the concept of access to education in education from the apartheid era to the policies and practices that affirm access to education as a basic human right today. This study hopes to contribute significantly to the dialogue of “access” as a realisation of the basic right to education. For the conceptual framework Morrow’s distinction between epistemological access and physical access was used. Formal access to education refers to enrolment or registration at an education institution, in this case, a school, whereas epistemological access refers to access to knowledge and information that these education institutions hold. I expanded the conceptual framework to include dimensions of epistemological access such as how the topic is taught, who selected the topic, the value and political basis. I undertook documentary analysis and a series of interviews with individuals who were involved in the struggle either through intellectual contributions in the NEC and NEPI processes or in the National Education Co-ordinating Committee. I also conducted two case studies of schools located in vastly different social and political contexts. At these schools, I collected data through classroom and school observations, semi-structured interviews with principals, history teachers and learners. Findings: The first finding of this study is that the ways in which students experience access to knowledge (epistemological access) is strongly dependent on the history and politics of the school context and the institutional culture, rather than the formal prescriptions laid down in the school curriculum The second finding of this study is that even when students enjoy physical access to schools, they have highly uneven, even unequal, access to knowledge within those schools. The third finding is that despite the awareness and understanding of what good education entails, without physical access, it is difficult for individuals to entertain discussions about epistemological access. The fourth finding is that despite claims that the policy promotes increased access to education, it was not possible to find reports that refer to any significant degree of quality outcomes as a result of the implementation of the principle of “equality of access” to education. Increased access to education has not resulted in quality output. This dissertation contributes to knowledge by its nuanced exploration of the complexities of access to education as a human right. Most importantly it pushes the boundaries of knowledge pertaining to both physical and epistemological access at the time when each of these are crucial points in the education development agenda. / Thesis (PhD (Education Management and Policy Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Education Management and Policy Studies / unrestricted