social justice in international higher education /
edited by Toby Alice Volkman ; with Joan Dassin and Mary Zurbuchen.
New York :
Social Science Research Council,
2009.
266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations (chiefly color) ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Higher education as a vehicle for social justice: opportunities and constraints / Joan Dassin -- The question of "disadvantage" / Mary Zurbuchen -- South Africa: justice and disadvantage in a new democracy / Shireen Hassim -- Nigeria: higher education and the challenge of access / Wilson Akpan and Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Mexico and Guatemala: multiple faces of marginalization / David Navarette and Anabella Acevedo -- Brazil: excluded groups in higher education / Valter Silvério -- Vietnam: creating favorable conditions / Mary Zurbuchen -- India: layered inequalities / Ganesh Devy -- Journeys: the international experience / Toby Alice Volkman -- "Return" and "returns": brain drain and the path back home / Joan Dassin -- Beyond measure: fellowships and social justice / Joan Dassin, Toby Alice Volkman, and Mary Zurbuchen.