Abstract
Abstract The conceptual framework of sponsored and contest mobility which Ralph H. Turner applied to British and American school systems in 1960 is still valuable as a supplement to the more frequently used model of mass and elite systems for examining the differences between British and American higher education today. The British system of officially determined qualifications for entry into higher education and officially provided support for those who enter, approximates to the sponsored mobility norm of an elite selecting their successors and providing for their training. The American concern with drop‐out prevention and inclusion of all, rather than selection of a few, and the American practice of combining paid employment with academic study reflect an open contest norm. A comparison of regression equations predicting the entry into higher education of students completing secondary education by academic achievement, type of secondary school attended, parents’ level of education and socio‐economic st...
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