The move to mass higher education in the UK: many questions and some answers

Journal article

This article describes the course and causes of the expansion of higher education in the UK since the 1960s. The number of university students from modest social backgrounds has increased, but they comprise much the same proportion of the university population as they did 40 years ago. Though personal rates of return from higher education are generally substantial, subject choice matters, while the extent of the returns to society is more problematic. Despite government statements to the cont...

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Authors: Mayhew, K; Deer, C; Dua, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 65-82
• Publication date: 2004-03-01
• DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000190069
• EISSN: 1465-3915
• ISSN: 0305-4985
• Language: English