Inequalities in Access and Success
Higher Education’s Biggest Problem?
Abstract
This paper examines the data on who participates and succeeds in higher education across the world
by gender and socioeconomic background. It argues that these data reveal pervasive inequalities in
access and participation. Such inequalities have implications for the higher education sector’s ability
to garner support for the challenges it faces, making equity central to the future of higher education
across the world.
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2026-09-28
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Atherton, G. (2026). Inequalities in Access and Success: Higher Education’s Biggest Problem?. International Higher Education, (126). Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/21942
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