Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Higher Education and Equality of Opportunities -- 2 The Earth is Flattening: The Globalization of Higher Education and Its Implications for Equal Opportunity -- Part I: America -- 3 Challenges and Opportunities of Community Colleges -- 4 Minority Access to Higher Education in the United States and the White-Minority Credentials Gap -- 5 Class Stratification and the Quest for Prestige in American Colleges and Universities -- 6 From Open Admissions to the Honors College: Equal Opportunities at the City University of New York -- 7 The Changing American College Experience: A View from the City University of New York, Hunter College -- Part II: Asia, The Middle East, and Africa -- 8 Can Student Loans Promote Greater Access for the Poor? -- 9 The Quest for World-Class Status: Globalization and Higher Education in East Asia -- 10 A Historical Sociology of "Tertiary Education for All" in Korea -- 11 Disparities in Access to Higher Education in India: Persistent Issues and the Changing Context -- 12 Educational Policy toward "Homeland Minorities" in Deeply Divided Societies -- 13 Improving Access to Higher Education for Students from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds -- 14 Higher Education in Africa: Challenges of Development and Gender -- 15 The Development of Corporate and Private Universities in Ghana: Effects on Curriculum, Faculty, Access, and Equity -- Part III: Europe and Oceania -- 16 Access to Higher Education in France: Between Equality of Rights and Meritocracy, a Long Walk to Equality of Opportunities? -- 17 Equal Opportunity in a Public System: Experiences of Ethnic Minority Students in Dutch Higher Education -- 18 Access to Higher Education for Students with Mental Health Difficulties: An Equal Opportunities Issue.

19 Altruism and Avarice: The Place of Foreign Students in Australian Universities -- 20 A Dual Admission Policy: Enhancing Equal Opportunities in Higher Education through Merit-based Admission Policy -- Index -- About the Contributors.