Equal Opportunities International: Volume 25 Issue 7
Table of contents - Special Issue: Public policy on democratizing access to education for marginalized groups
Guest Editors: Mary Gatta
Bachelor's degree for women with children: A promising pathway to poverty reduction
Shanta Pandey, Min Zhan, Youngmi KimIn spite of the War on Poverty programs of the 1960s and the economic boom of the 1990s, poverty remains consistently high among families with children in the USA. The main source…
Selection in education: the case of Roma children in Hungary
Anna Kende, Maria NeményiThe article deals with one of the key causes of Roma children's low academic achievement, notably their presence in segregated special schools originally reserved for mentally…
Improving access to secondary education in Kenya: what can be done?
Moses W. Ngware, Eldah N. Onsomu, David I. Muthaka, Damiano K. MandaThe purpose of this paper is to analyse factors that influence access to secondary education, and strategies for improving access to secondary education in Kenya.
Equity issues associated with the change of college admission tests in Chile
Mladen Koljatic, Mónica SilvaThe purpose of this paper is to document the process of change of the admission tests in a developing country, Chile focusing on equity issues, particularly on the outcomes for…
Understanding and combating the digital divide for single mother college students: A case study
Jillian M. Duquaine‐WatsonThis case study examines the ways in which single mother college students experience the digital divide. It begins by identifying the primary challenges they face as they pursue a…
Does gender shape women's access to college programs in US state prisons?
Johanna E. Foster, Rebecca SanfordThe purpose of this paper is to apply a feminist perspective to the crisis in prison higher education in the US by exploring whether gender shapes access to on‐site…
Reading, writing, and prison education reform?: The tricky and political process of establishing college programs for prisoners: perspectives from program developers
Rebecca Sanford, Johanna E. FosterDevelopment of prison postsecondary education and training programs since the elimination of Pell Grants to inmates has been constructed through smaller‐scale educators and…