Abstract
The social disadvantage of minority groups has been attributed to their inability to compete in the labor market due to lower rates of obtaining higher credentials, compared with middle-class Whites. During the 70’s and the 80’s, several large-scale policies attempted to promote minority access to higher education. This paper reviews two of these policies – the CUNY open admissions and the expansion of community colleges – and suggests that even though minority access to higher education has increased, this increase was counterbalanced by a rise in internal stratification within higher education. As a result, increased access did not generate equality of opportunity
Recommended Citation
Admon, Noga
(2005)
"Minority Access to Higher Education and its Social Outcomes,"
Essays in Education: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://openriver.winona.edu/eie/vol14/iss1/2
Unique Identifier
WSUEIE2005SUadmon
