The present article revisits Turner’s (1960) suggestion that English education reflects an ideal-typical sponsored mobility folk norm by looking at entry to one elite higher education institution, the University of Oxford. The article concludes that undergraduate admissions to Oxford closely resembles a contest‑mobility system. However, just as there is an element of sponsorship in the US higher education system with regards to race (Grodsky 2007), there is also some sponsorship in Oxford admissions. The present article terms this ‘adjustment sponsorship’ and argues that adjustments are made by type of secondary school attended. Whereas compensatory sponsorship addresses a previous wrong – racial disadvantages in the US context – adjustment...
This article examines student accounts of credentials, talent and academic success, against a backdr...
In this paper, the author provides an overview of economic inequality in intercollegiate athletics, ...
Despite entering higher education in good numbers, candidates from some black and minority ethnic gr...
The present article revisits Turner’s (1960) suggestion that English education reflects an ideal-typ...
In this paper, I evaluate the extent to which colleges and universities of varying degrees of select...
Given the frequent critiques of elite universities for admitting low numbers of state-school graduat...
Recent policy emphasis on market mechanisms to drive up the performance of education systems has res...
Recent policy emphasis on market mechanisms to drive up the performance of education systems has res...
Educational transitions in the UK are related to social background characteristics such as social cl...
This article discusses how initiatives to tackle racial inequality in higher education (HE) in the U...
Education privilege, both in terms of the level of qualifications attained and where these were atta...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This essay details the processes through which English universities reinforce existing social class ...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This article examines student accounts of credentials, talent and academic success, against a backdr...
In this paper, the author provides an overview of economic inequality in intercollegiate athletics, ...
Despite entering higher education in good numbers, candidates from some black and minority ethnic gr...
The present article revisits Turner’s (1960) suggestion that English education reflects an ideal-typ...
In this paper, I evaluate the extent to which colleges and universities of varying degrees of select...
Given the frequent critiques of elite universities for admitting low numbers of state-school graduat...
Recent policy emphasis on market mechanisms to drive up the performance of education systems has res...
Recent policy emphasis on market mechanisms to drive up the performance of education systems has res...
Educational transitions in the UK are related to social background characteristics such as social cl...
This article discusses how initiatives to tackle racial inequality in higher education (HE) in the U...
Education privilege, both in terms of the level of qualifications attained and where these were atta...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This essay details the processes through which English universities reinforce existing social class ...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This paper examines the incentive effects of risk-sharing between student and University in the Engl...
This article examines student accounts of credentials, talent and academic success, against a backdr...
In this paper, the author provides an overview of economic inequality in intercollegiate athletics, ...
Despite entering higher education in good numbers, candidates from some black and minority ethnic gr...