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Social Justice in Higher Education: Revisited, Practices, and Grievances

Abstract

    Social justice is a fundamental concern for ideal social structure and human rights. To develop social order and philosophical discourses, higher education is one of the holistic approaches to educating it. It elevates the level of idealized modern state formation among students. The present study was designed to examine the contexts of students about practices and malpractices of social justice in higher education. The quantitative approach was adopted to gather the data from 630 university graduates. All the data were gathered through a self-made questionnaire. The findings of the study explained that the participants were not satisfied with practices of social justice in higher education. Most of the participants expressed malpractices of social norms.Especially female students claimed their injustice experiences in higher education. The researcher recommended bold recommendations to uphold the social justice in higher education departments

    Social Justice, Higher Education, Social Oppression, Injustice, Human Rights

    (1) Ghulam Dastgir
    PhD Scholar, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Khuda Bakhsh
    Assistant Professor, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Dastgir, Ghulam, and Khuda Bakhsh. "Social Justice in Higher Education: Revisited, Practices, and Grievances." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. II (2022): 57 - 65. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).06