| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 330 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Issues in higher education |
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Issues in higher education (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
Part I. Inclusion, Exclusion: Issues in Widening Participation: 1. Introduction / Tamsin Hinton-Smith; 2. Changing policy discourses on equity and diversity in UK higher education: what Is the evidence? / Miriam E. David; 3. Widening participation in universities in England and Wales: is there a connection with honours degree achievement? / Mantz Yorke; 4. Wider and still wider?: a historical look at the 'open-ness' of the Open University of the United Kingdom / Alan Woodley -- Part II. Engaging with Higher Education as a Non-Traditional Student: Access and Motivation: 5. Good students, bad pupils: constructions of 'aspiration', 'disadvantage' and social class in undergraduate-led widening participation work / Yvette Taylor; 6. Mature women students, study motivation and employability / Ruth Woodfield; 7. Lone parent students' motivations for and hopes of higher education engagement / Tamsin Hinton-Smith -- Part III. Non-Traditional Students' Experiences in Higher Education: 8. Choosing a student lifestyle?: questions of taste, cultural capital and gaining a graduate job / Mary Stuart, Catherine Lido and Jessica Morgan; 9. Transformation or trauma: the transition to higher education of non-traditional students / Lynda Measor, Paula Wilcox and Philip Frame; 10. Non-traditional adult students: access, dropout, retention and developing a learner identity / Barbara Merrill; 11. The importance of social support structures for retention and success / John Field and Natalie Morgan-Klein -- Part IV. Widening Participation in International Contexts: 12. Widening participation trends in Sweden: regulations and their effects, intended and unintended / Caroline Berggren and Christina Cliffordson; 13. Trends in widening participation in French higher education / Marie-Pierre Moreau; 14. Widening participation in Spanish higher education: will the current reform promote the inclusion of non-traditional students? / M. Teresa Padilla-Carmona; 15. Experiencing higher education in Ghana and Tanzania: the symbolic power of being a student / Louise Morley; 16. Women and students of colour as non-traditional students: the difficulties of inclusion in the United States / Anne J. MacLachlan; 17. Widening participation and 'elite' online education: the case of the University of California / Sarah Earl-Novell; 18. Conclusion: assessing progress and priorities in widening participation / Tamsin Hinton-Smith |
| Summary |
This collection offers an authoritative, up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today across both the UK and internationally. The book charts the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students, academics, providers and changing course provision |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher.
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Educational sociology.
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higher education.
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Higher & further education, tertiary education.
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Educational strategies & policy.
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Organization & management of education.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher
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Educational sociology
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Högskoleutbildning.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hinton-Smith, Tamsin.
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| ISBN |
9781137283412 |
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1137283416 |
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134933636X |
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9781349336364 |
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