CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Grajcarova, Jana |
|---|---|
| Title | EVALUATING EQUALITY APPROACHES IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SLOVAKIA |
| Summary | The thesis investigates the model of substantive equality and its reflection in Slovak higher education. It focuses on the opportunities of the disadvantaged groups such as ethnic minorities, women, students with disabilities and elder students to enter and pursue higher education. It examines admission, retention and curricula policies in regards to the disadvantaged groups in order to derive to what extent the universities apply principles of equal treatment, equal opportunities and promoting diversity. The findings show that while the accession policies strongly apply equal treatment and disability is the only category for providing equal opportunities. Different situation is seen in the retention policies which offer more space for considering students’ different backgrounds and show greater extent of substantive equality. Nevertheless, the findings reveal that although the idea of substantive equality is applied in Slovak universities by providing social welfare to the disadvantaged students, its scope is largely limited to the socio-economic background and disability. Therefore, the limitation of the substantive equality in higher education in Slovakia is that it does not acknowledge any other disadvantages for providing positive action. As in terms of promoting diversity through curricula, Slovak higher education is very responsive towards the programs that address the issues of disadvantaged students. |
| Supervisor | Krizsán,Andrea |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/grajcarova_jana.pdf |
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