<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>At present there is an unprecedented demand for and a great diversification in higher education, as well as an increased awareness of its vital importance for socio-cultural and economic development. The complexity of the right to education is especially at issue while discussing the right to higher education, which on a national level is non-compulsory, even though the number of people who have acquired higher education during the second half of the twentieth century has tripled. Therefore the object of this research is the content and scope of the concept of accessibility of higher education. The definition of the obligations of the states prescribed in the international and national legal instruments in respect to the right to higher education, the analysis of the standards and principles of the accessibility of the right to higher education, the discussion of the most often social, economic and legal causes for violations of the higher education accessibility, and the identification of the problems of higher education accessibility in Lithuania with respect to constitutional provisions are presented in this research.</p></abstract>

At present there is an unprecedented demand for and a great diversification in higher education, as well as an increased awareness of its vital importance for socio-cultural and economic development. The complexity of the right to education is especially at issue while discussing the right to higher education, which on a national level is non-compulsory, even though the number of people who have acquired higher education during the second half of the twentieth century has tripled. Therefore the object of this research is the content and scope of the concept of accessibility of higher education. The definition of the obligations of the states prescribed in the international and national legal instruments in respect to the right to higher education, the analysis of the standards and principles of the accessibility of the right to higher education, the discussion of the most often social, economic and legal causes for violations of the higher education accessibility, and the identification of the problems of higher education accessibility in Lithuania with respect to constitutional provisions are presented in this research.

Accessibility of Higher Education: The Right to Higher Education in Comparative Approach

Faculty of Public Safety, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

At present there is an unprecedented demand for and a great diversification in higher education, as well as an increased awareness of its vital importance for...

Accessibility of Higher Education: The Right to Higher Education in Comparative Approach

Published Online: Aug 02, 2011

Page range: 27 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-011-0002-7

Keywords
Higher education, accessibility, constitutional provision, free higher education

This content is open access.

Accessibility of Higher Education: The Right to Higher Education in Comparative Approach

Published Online: Aug 02, 2011

Page range: 27 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-011-0002-7

KeywordsHigher education, accessibility, constitutional provision, free higher education

This content is open access.

Keywords
Higher education, accessibility, constitutional provision, free higher education