TY - CHAP AB - Abstract Since the 1960s, Egypt has sought to increase equality in access to higher education. Data show that completion of pre-tertiary education has become more equal. However, this trend toward equality did not extend to higher education. Rather, entry to higher education has become more unequal during this period, principally due to tracking at the secondary level. Secondary track is highly correlated with wealth: students from the poorest families overwhelming attend technical education; most children from wealthy families attend general (academic) secondary. Lucas (2001) has called this relationship between wealth and tracking “Effectively Maintained Inequality.” VL - 11 SN - 978-1-78560-291-7, 978-1-78560-290-0/1479-358X DO - 10.1108/S1479-358X20150000011004 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X20150000011004 AU - Langsten Ray PY - 2015 Y1 - 2015/01/01 TI - Effectively Maintained Inequality: Access to Higher Education in Egypt T2 - Mitigating Inequality: Higher Education Research, Policy, and Practice in an Era of Massification and Stratification T3 - Advances in Education in Diverse Communities PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 35 EP - 51 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -