Higher Education Under Fire

Equity Policies in a Polarized World

Authors

  • Jamil Salmi Diego Portales University

Keywords:

Equity and Access

Abstract

Universities have faced an exceptional wave of backlash against the promotion of equity in access to and success in higher education in recent years, even in countries with a long democratic tradition. This article analyzes the forms and consequences of this backlash and outlines the type of research needed to monitor the impact of measures and actions to continue the promotion of equity and inclusion in higher education.

Author Biography

Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University

Jamil Salmi is emeritus professor of higher education policy at Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile. E-mail: jsalmi@tertiaryeducation.org.

Downloads

Published

2025-08-05

How to Cite

Salmi, J. (2025). Higher Education Under Fire: Equity Policies in a Polarized World. International Higher Education, (123), 33–34. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/20245

Issue

No. 123 (2025): Summer Issue

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2025 International Higher Education

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

    1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
    2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
    3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
    4. Authors will be required to sign our standard License Ageement before publication.

A Word document containing the License Agreement is available for download here.