Equity and Professional Mobility in Higher Education and Some Questions Concerning the EHEA from the Catalan Experience

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  • Sandra Fachelli Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Jordi Planas Autonomous University of Barcelona

https://doi.org/10.4471/rise.2014.10

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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.

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Fachelli, S., & Planas, J. (2014). Equity and Professional Mobility in Higher Education and Some Questions Concerning the EHEA from the Catalan Experience. International Journal of Sociology of Education, 3(2), 136–166. https://doi.org/10.4471/rise.2014.10

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