Justice in higher education
By: KUPFER, Antonia
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ArticlePublisher: UK : Policy Press, oct. 2003Policy & Politics 31, 4, p. 447-464Abstract: Normative philosophical theories of justice can provide valuable solutions for problems of justice in higher education. In this article the author presents three categories of explanation for the under-representation of women students in sciences, mathematics and engineering, and of female professorships in every subject. Against the background of philosophical theories of justice, the arguments of natural difference, discrimination and selection process will be evaluated.This analysis leads to a practical model, which might serve to end injustice in higher education
Normative philosophical theories of justice can provide valuable solutions for problems of justice in higher education. In this article the author presents three categories of explanation for the under-representation of women students in sciences, mathematics and engineering, and of female professorships in every subject. Against the background of philosophical theories of justice, the arguments of natural difference, discrimination and selection process will be evaluated.This analysis leads to a practical model, which might serve to end injustice in higher education
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