Abstract
Access to the universities and many colleges in Israel is conditioned on the attainment of a specific matriculation certificate that includes a passing grade in advanced level English. Arab students in Israel are required to study English in addition to Arabic and Hebrew, unlike Jewish students, who are not obliged to take a second foreign language in addition to English. This puts Arab students in an inferior position. An analysis of a large sample of high school graduates showed that the English requirement incurs larger gaps than two other subjects that were examined: history and math. Logistic regression models confirmed that the gaps in meeting the English requirement can help explain the Jewish-Arab discrepancy in enrollment in higher education.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 104-111 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Educational Research |
Volume | 76 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 17 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Arabs
- Higher education
- Inequality
- Israel
- Jews
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education