Open AccessTrack and Sector in Egyptian Higher Education: Who Studies Where and Why?
Author(s) -
Fatma Abdelkhalek,
Ray Längsten
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
forum for international research in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2326-3873
DOI - 10.32865/fire202062191
Subject(s) - diversification (marketing strategy) , track (disk drive) , higher education , equity (law) , legislation , private sector , business , political science , face (sociological concept) , economic growth , economics , marketing , sociology , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , law
Following the 1952 revolution, the Egyptian higher education system grew rapidly, with post-secondary institutes complementing the expanding university system. Private post-secondary institutes were permitted from 1970; in the early 1990s financial constraints and pressures for cost recovery prompted legislation allowing private universities. In the face of expansion, diversification, and partial privatization, concerns have arisen about equity in higher education opportunities. The 2014 Survey of Young People in Egypt is used to examine correlates of higher education track placement and of sector placement within tracks.