TY - BOOK ID - 78140849 TI - Understanding mass higher education AU - Tapper, Ted AU - Palfreyman, David PY - 2005 SN - 1134256450 1280225041 9786610225040 0203001532 9780203001530 0415354919 9780415354912 9781134256402 9781134256440 9781134256457 9781138866515 1134256442 PB - London RoutledgeFalmer DB - UniCat KW - Education, Higher. KW - Education, Higher KW - College students KW - Higher education KW - Postsecondary education KW - Universities and colleges KW - Education KW - Enseignement supérieur UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78140849 AB - In recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text compares the experience of this very important social change within different nation states. Whilst recognising the critical global economic forces that appear to explain the international nature of the change, it sees the issues as rooted within different national traditions.There is a particular focus upon the discourse of access, especially the political discourse. The book addresses questions such as:* How has expansion been explai ER -