種族和解以來,在開普敦大學,以種族為基礎的招生政策并沒有改變高等教育機會不平等問題,白人仍然占據大部分教育機會。由于階層分化加劇,黑人中產階層家庭的學生擁有比來自弱勢家庭、弱勢學校的黑人學生高得多的教育機會,種族內部的高等教育機會不平等問題日漸凸顯。此外,白人弱勢群體的子女也逐漸被排斥在精英高等學府之外,新的種族間高等教育機會不平等問題開始出現。為應對高等教育機會不平等從種族到階層的新變化,開普敦大學以階層為基礎,建立起包括申請人的家庭語言、父母和祖父母的教育背景、申請人的家庭是否依賴政府救助,以及基礎教育學校條件等指標為一體的復合型招生政策,以促進高等教育機會的公平化。

Based on empirical research from the University of Cape Town,we found that racebased admissions policies did not change the inequality of access to higher education;whites still dominate most educational opportunities.As class differences increase,applicants from black middle-class families have more access than applicants from disadvantaged schools and disadvantaged families.Thus,inequality within ethnic groups has become prominent.In addition,some white applicants from disadvantaged schools and disadvantaged families are gradually being excluded from elite universities.New inequalities in opportunity for higher education are beginning to emerge.In response to the new trend of unequal access to higher education,the University of Cape Town adopted a new class-based admissions policy to promote equity in education,including the applicant’s family language,parents’and grandparents’educational backgrounds,whether the applicant’s family rely on government assistance,and the quality of the applicant’s school from which they receive basic education.