Ethno-Religious Differences in Israeli Higher Education: Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions.

The worldwide expansion and diversification of higher education systems creates increasing interest in the stratification of students according to higher education institution and field of study. This paper focuses on Israel, whose higher education has experienced significant expansion and diversification during the last two decades. Using generalized ordered logistic regression models the study analyzed vertical and horizontal ethno-religious inequality. Findings indicate that Ashkenazim, the privileged Jewish group, remain the most advantaged regarding enrollment in higher education, but their advantage over other Jewish veteran groups is mainly due to specialization in high school and achievement in the tests that serve as admission criteria of the higher education institutions. Among the enrollees, control for high school history exhibits Jewish disadvantaged groups, Mizrachim and new immigrants, as having higher odds than Ashkenazim of enrolling in lucrative programs. Muslim, Druze and Christian Arabs are disadvantaged regarding both the vertical and horizontal dimensions, regardless of high school history and previous achievements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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