caa a22 4500 463161580 CHVBK 20180406164749.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-005-0097-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-005-0097-4 McCowan Tristan Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H OAL, London, UK aut Expansion without equity: An analysis of current policy on access to higher education in Brazil [Elektronische Daten] [Tristan McCowan] Access to higher education in Brazil is to a large extent restricted to the higher socio-economic groups. Public universities have limited places and entry is determined by highly competitive exams, thereby excluding those who have not had a high quality secondary education or attended an expensive preparatory course. There has been considerable growth in the private sector to absorb the excess demand, but the majority of Brazilians cannot afford the fees. This paper develops a concept of equity in higher education in which, firstly, there should be sufficient places in the system as a whole and, secondly, all people should have a fair opportunity of attending the university of their choice regardless of socio-economic background. Recent efforts to expand access are analysed, including incentives for the growth of private universities, student loans and the new Prouni initiative, in which private institutions provide free places to low-income students in return for tax exemptions. While these initiatives have the potential to increase the total number of places, they will not lead to an equitable expansion, as disadvantaged students will still be confined to courses of lower quality or with lower subsequent value on the employment market. Initiatives aimed at the public sector such as the introduction of quotas and changes to entry examinations are also discussed. Finally, some implications for future policy development are outlined. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 access nationallicence Brazil nationallicence equity nationallicence expansion nationallicence higher education policy nationallicence private universities nationallicence public universities nationallicence Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/5(2007-05-01), 579-598 0018-1560 53:5<579 2007 53 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-0097-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-0097-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- McCowan Tristan Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H OAL, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 53/5(2007-05-01), 579-598 0018-1560 53:5<579 2007 53 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer