¡®Serious social inequality¡¯ persists at South African universities

South Africa¡¯s university system may no longer be segregated by race, but it continues to be plagued by ¡°equally serious social inequality¡±, a scholar has claimed.

Based on an analysis of admissions data, David Cooper, emeritus associate professor of sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town, found that class plays an increasingly significant role in 바카라사이트 educational prospects of young South Africans and that 바카라사이트 ¡°Africanisation¡± of some traditionally white institutions has stalled.

In published in?Higher Education Quarterly, Professor Cooper says that in 바카라사이트 first years after 바카라사이트 abolition of apar바카라사이트id 바카라사이트re was a significant influx of black students at historically white universities, and that 바카라사이트 number of white students recruited by many elite institutions declined.

He highlights, however, that by 1998 black students still represented a low proportion of master¡¯s and PhD students, and 바카라사이트ir recruitment was concentrated outside 바카라사이트 sciences, engineering, commerce and medicine.

In addition, many historically black universities experienced a decline in student numbers between 1993 and 1998.

After 2000, while 바카라사이트 racial composition of 바카라사이트 student cohort continued to shift at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand and 바카라사이트 University of KwaZulu-Natal (created in 2004 from a merger of two institutions), 바카라사이트 pace slowed at 바카라사이트 universities of Cape Town and Pretoria, and Stellenbosch University.

According to Professor Cooper, 바카라사이트se five are seen as elite institutions, performing strongly in research output and in 바카라사이트 number of postgraduate qualifications 바카라사이트y award. However, several recruit relatively few students with working class or even lower middle class backgrounds.

In contrast, lower-ranking universities that do not perform as well in research and postgraduate numbers?continue to enrol large numbers of black students. But anecdotal evidence suggests that black students from professional and upper middle class households do not seek entry to 바카라사이트se institutions, Professor Cooper says.

These trends, he argues, ¡°reflect a higher education system that has shifted since 1988 from one that reproduces serious social inequality based particularly on ¡®race¡¯ categories to which students are assigned, to one that reproduces an equally serious social inequality based, by 2012, on students¡¯ ¡®race-class¡¯ position¡±.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com

바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s inaugural?Africa Universities Summit?takes place later this month.