Before Massification: Access to University Education in Ukraine in 1950s-1980s

- Курбатов, Сергій (orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-7562) (2014) Before Massification: Access to University Education in Ukraine in 1950s-1980s International Review of Social Research, 2 (4). pp. 75-86. ISSN 2069-8534

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Abstract

My paper sets to analyze the Soviet policy on access to higher education during the last four decades of existence of the USSR, with a particular focus on the Ukrainian case. It includes the analysis of discourses on planned economy and central regulations regarding access to universities, and a discussion on official and unofficial benefits (Russian original ‘blat’) during the admission process. The findings led to the conclusion that the number of students, which increased four point four times between 1950 and 1990, was less significant per 100,000 people; thus, generally speaking, access to university education continued to be rather restrictive in social terms. This was one of the main causes of the slow development of Soviet Ukraine in scientific and technological areas.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: students, university, access to education, benefits, planned economy.
Subjects: Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology
Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 378 Higher education. Universities. Academic study
Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 9 Geography. Biography. History > 93/94 History
Divisions: Institute of Higher Education > Common resources institute
Depositing User: Sergiy Kurbatov
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2015 15:00
Last Modified: 07 Aug 2018 17:15
URI: https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/8423

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