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This chapter sets out a vision of equal postsecondary educational opportunities. The ideal that all children should have equal educational opportunities is a powerful one that has had currency for many years. Nearly sixty years ago, Chief Justice Warren of the United States Supreme Court expressed this ideal in his opinion in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka against racial segregation in public schools in 1954: “In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms” (1954: 493). Chief Justice Warren’s comment was directed toward opportunities for primary and secondary schooling. Today, it is possible to imagine his reasoning being extended to postsecondary or higher education.
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Jacobs, L.A. (2013). A Vision of Equal Opportunity in Postsecondary Education. In: Meyer, HD., John, E.P.S., Chankseliani, M., Uribe, L. (eds) Fairness in Access to Higher Education in a Global Perspective. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-230-3_3
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