Just Another Level? Comparing Quantitative Patterns of Global Expansion of School and Higher Education Attainment

This study addresses this gap by comparing the trajectories of higher education expansion with those experienced at other levels on their course to universal or near-universal access. We demonstrate that a population-level model of expansion toward universal access fits higher education as well as lower levels of education (i.e., primary and secondary education). In other words, that there is noprima facie evidence of a ceiling in higher education enrollment that would indicate saturation significantly below 100  % participation. Claims that are premised on such a ceiling should therefore consider empirical evidence for this assumption in their analysis. These findings contribute to discussions on higher education expansion as well as studies of higher education and the labor market.
Source: Demography - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research