Drawing on Bourdieu's theory and using Durkheim's concepts of 'social fact'and 'regulation',
this article examines the place held by public universities within the French higher education …

The number of students entering higher education started to increase significantly in the mid-
1960s. This sharp growth has gone together with diversification in the social background of …

This student survey was a response to the French youth unrest in 2005 and 2006. It
considers the degree to which French higher and secondary education institutions create …

In this report designed for a European audience, and conceived within a project focused on
access to higher education (HE), the first part recalls the principles that shape the present …

This book pays tribute to Professor Margaret Archer 'as a follow-up to the framework of
understanding'which she developed in Social Origins of Educational Systems (1979). This …

An important aspect of higher education in France and elsewhere lies in the fact that it does
not form part of compulsory education. This explains why access to higher education, more …

6. Conclusion When looking at the place of the market in French higher education, one
might be surprised by the distance between the opportunities offered by the legal framework …

This article focuses on the interplay between institutional arrangements, family strategies,
and market devices in the transition to higher education (HE) in France with a view to …

In some areas, including the «Nord-Pas-de-Calais» region, to facilitate higher education
démocratisation process, new places of formation have been created, first in the form of …

Increased academic attention has been drawn to democratisation in higher education,
following the implementation of affirmative action in America. However, the models of …