Equity and professional mobility in higher education and some questions concerning the EHEA from the catalan experience

This article deals with the equal opportunities and professional mobility of Catalan university students in the first decade of the XXI century. The data presented demonstrate that there is a high level of equity and intergenerational professional mobility between graduates and their parents. Using...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Fachelli, Sandra|||0000-0002-7155-636X, Planas, Jordi
Format: article
Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:125653
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/125653
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.4471/rise.2014.10
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ensenyament universitari
Higher education
Equity
Intergenerational professional mobility
Educación superior
Equidad
Movilidad profesional intergeneracional
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Summary:This article deals with the equal opportunities and professional mobility of Catalan university students in the first decade of the XXI century. The data presented demonstrate that there is a high level of equity and intergenerational professional mobility between graduates and their parents. Using these results, and the factors that have rendered them possible, the text raises questions about whether the progressive incorporation of Spanish universities into the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) can result in a greater differentiation between universities, leading to a decrease in the equity of the university system and a more selective occupational mobility.