De lange weg naar kansengelijkheid : toespraak van prof. dr. J. C. Verhoeven bij zijn emeritaat

Because of processes of globalisation, internationalisation, and neo-liberal world policy Flanders (Belgium) is facing new problems concerning inequality of opportunities in education. This might raise several questions. In this paper three questions are answered: 1) is there equality of opportunity in the Flemish education system, 2) what is the policy of the Flemish government in relation to inequality of opportunities in education and what answers could be offered to remedy for inequality of opportunities in higher education, and 3) does the academisation of college education contribute to more equality of opportunities in higher education. Besides delivering a short description of the inequality of opportunity in education, the author criticised some of the limitations of the current research. The second part of the paper is mainly interested in the description of research about new actions in the USA for the promotion of equality of opportunity in higher education. The third part supports the thesis that the processes of academisation of college education contributes to more equality of opportunity, although the means provided by the government to attain this purpose are not sufficient.Centrum voor Sociologisch onderzoek (OE) Centrum voor Onderwijssociologie (COS)status: publishe