CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Bilic, Ria |
|---|---|
| Title | Does a Zip Code Affect One’s Chances of Getting into Higher Education? Local and Regional Inequalities of Access to Higher Education in Croatia |
| Summary | The focus of this research is threefold: to see the extent of inequalities regarding access to higher education among local, as well as regional self-government units in Croatia and examine if these differences are influenced by the level of socio-economic development; to map out the official normative position of the Croatian government on equal and equitable access; and lastly, to thoroughly explore one of the most important access-facilitating policy mechanisms employed – financial aid policy. Content analysis of relevant official documents enabled me to conclude that the Croatian government recognizes that certain individuals and groups experience access problems and that these problems are contingent upon both socio-economic status and the urbanity/rurality of the place of residence, as well as that certain policy measures (among others, provision of scholarships) should be undertaken in order to alleviate these inadmissible inequalities. However, after analyzing information on access rates, level of socio-economic development and scholarship provision on local and regional level through statistical methods, I gained insight into vast disparities in both access rates and scholarship availability between different units. This research shows that although normative prescriptions indicate access problems are “diagnosed and managed”, field data provide opposing evidence. |
| Supervisor | Liviu Matei |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/bilic_ria.pdf |
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