Gary A. Berg
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Gary A. Berg, PhD, MFA, is Associate Vice President and Dean at California State University Channel Islands and author of numerous articles on current issues in higher education, public policy, and distance learning, as well as eight books including Low-Income Students and the Perpetuation of Inequality: Higher Education in America (2010).
Primary Contributions (1)
Distance learning, form of education in which the main elements include physical separation of teachers and students during instruction and the use of various technologies to facilitate student-teacher and student-student communication. Distance learning traditionally has focused on nontraditional…
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Publications (1)
Low-Income Students and the Perpetuation of Inequality: Higher Education in America (February 2010)
Drawing upon quantitative data gathered from the U.S. Census and U.S. Department of Education, as well as interviews with students from a variety of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, Low-Income Students and the Perpetuation of Inequality examines the question of who really benefits from public higher education. It engages with questions of social capital, opportunity, funding and access to education, presenting a rich discussion of social mobility, the value of college education and the impact...
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