Higher Education

What's the Point of Equal Opportunity for Education?

Many discussions of equal opportunity focus on equal opportunity for education. This focus is even more emphasized in policy discussions of equal opportunity. Yet, what is the purpose of this kind of equal opportunity? There are two generic reasons why something is good: it is either intrinsically good or instrumentally good. The first kind of good is simply good in and of itself. The second kind of good is only good because it does in fact lead to the first kind of good.

On the Implementation of Equality of Opportunity

In a context of scarce resources, deciding which groups to target with public intervention becomes relevant. We extend Roemer’s framework of equality of opportunity (EOp) with a more general implemention in the context of a realistic 'second best …