ICEF Monitor – Research says middle-class aspirations the real driver of demand for higher education

12 Jan 2015

The global gross tertiary enrolment ratio (GTER) – that is, the percentage of the tertiary-aged population actually enrolled in higher education – has more than doubled over the past 20 years, growing from 14% in 1992 to 32% in 2012. This compares to an increase of just 4% in the 20 years before 1992.

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Much of this growth, as the following chart reflects, has been driven by growing participation in Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and East Asia.

The researcher behind the chart, Dr Simon Marginson, a professor of international higher education at the University College London Institute of Education, noted at a recent Society for Research into Higher Education conference that 54 countries had a GTER of 50% or higher as of 2012, whereas only five countries were above that benchmark in 1992.

 

“Read the full article on ICEF Monitor” – Source: http://monitor.icef.com/2015/01/research-says-middle-class-aspirations-real-driver-demand-higher-education/

Author: Samuel Ang