The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century

By Evan Schofer, John W. Meyer. 2005

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Relevance of education and intelligence for the political development of nations: Democracy, rule of law and political liberty (2008, positive): “Effects of politics on education and cognitive abilities ( “ B on A ” ) Dewey (1997/1916), Lipset (1960) and Schofer and Meyer (2005) claim a positive influence of democracy on education.”
Are the Economy and the Environment Decoupling? A Comparative International Study, 1960–20051 (2012, background): “…panel studies within comparative macrosociology that test various theoretically derived propositions concerning the temporal stability of relationships between predictors and outcomes (e.g., Beckfield 2003; Schofer and Meyer 2005; Brady et al. 2007; Jorgenson and Kuykendall 2008; Zhou 2010).”
A World of Difference: International Trends in Women's Economic Status (2011, background): “D ow nl oa de d fr om w w w .a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g by U ni ve rs ity o f C al if or ni a - Sa nt a B ar ba ra o n 07 /1 2/ 11 .”
Globalization and the Growth of International Educational Testing and National Assessment (2009, background): “Also, given the worldwide expansion of higher education (Schofer and Meyer 2005), it is very likely that the urge to assess will expand to cover additional levels of education.”
Why are higher education participation rates in Germany so low? Institutional barriers to higher education expansion (2011, background): “…participation rate in tertiary education but also showing among the lowest growth rates in tertiary education in Europe (OECD 2008, Figure 2.3).2 While Schofer and Meyer (2005) find that tertiary systems expanded fastest in those countries with expanded secondary systems and with strong links to…”
Anchoring effects in world university rankings: exploring biases in reputation scores (2011, background): “The twentieth century has witnessed the massive expansion of higher education around the world, with enrollments growing 200-fold from 1900 to 2000 (Schofer and Meyer 2005).”
Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program: The Influence of Students' Learning Strategies and Academic Motivation (2012, background): “The socalled democratization of higher education has not only led to a worldwide increase in student numbers [1], but has also been accompanied by a diversification of the student population [2, 3]; in particular in higher education contexts in which an open access policy is applicable.”
Globalization: Theory and Trends (2007, background): “0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Te rt ia ry s tu d en ts (p er 1 0, 00 0 ca p ita ) Figure 1 World tertiary students per 10,000 capita, 1900–2000 Source: Adapted from Schofer and Meyer (2005); original data from UNESCO and other sources.”
Analyzing the nexus of higher education and vocational training in Europe: a comparative‐institutional framework (2010, background): “Since the end of the Second World War, the massive expansion and differentiation of higher education has been driven by science, democratic participation and national development (Schofer and Meyer 2005 ), as well as international economic competition.”
High Participation Systems of Higher Education (2016, background): “Schofer and Meyer (2005) found that “the postwar shift to a liberal, rationalist, and developmental model of society generated a worldwide pattern of increased higher education expansion.”
The role of teachers’ motivation and mindsets in predicting a (de)motivating teaching style in higher education: a circumplex approach (2020, neutral): “Due to the increasing democratization of education in Western Europe, higher education teachers are facing a growing and more heterogeneous student group in terms of interests, competencies, and natural talents (Schofer and Meyer 2005; Altbach et al. 2010).”
Relevance of education and intelligence at the national level for the economic welfare of people (2008, background): “The 20th century has seen near-exponential advances in science and technology, massive increases in the complexity of commercial enterprises and government bureaucracies and, perhaps most important, a vast expansion of the school system (Meyer, Ramirez, & Soysal, 1992; Schofer & Meyer, 2005).”
The Research University in Transition: The Emerging Global Model (2008, background): “The belief that expanded education leads to social betterment is an important motivation driving higher education expansion in many countries (Schofer and Meyer, 2006).”