Widening participation in higher education: casting the net wide?

Widening Participation in Higher Education: Casting the Net Wide? .offers an authoritative up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today, through the perspectives of experts representing universities across the UK, Europe, Africa and the USA. Contributors draw on recent empirical research as well as analysis of historical developments and emerging policy to provide an understanding of these issues of widening participationto educational practitioners, policy makers and academics alike. Up-to-date insights chart the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students, academics, providers and changing course provision. Contributions from emerging and established experts address a broad range of relevant issues, from the question of grade inflation through to the effectiveness of peer outreach programmes. The book provides insight into how the effects of trends including marketization and globalization will continue to impact pivotally on the extent towhich higher education is able to act as a force for social equalization or exclusion of opportunities. INDICE: List of Tables, Charts and Figures.Acknowledgements.Notes on Contributors.PART I: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION: ISSUES IN WIDENING PARTICIPATION .Introduction: Widening Participation in Contemporary Context; .T.Hinton-Smith.Changing Policy Discourses on Equity and Diversity in UK Higher Education: What is the Evidence?;. M.David.Widening Participation in Universities in England and Wales: Is There a Connection with Honours Degree Achievement?; .M.Yorke.Wider Still and Wider? A Historical Look at the 'Open-ness' of the Open University ofthe United Kingdom; .A.Woodley.PART II: ENGAGING WITH HIGHER EDUCATION AS A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT: ACCESS AND MOTIVATION .Good Students, Bad Pupils: Constructions of 'Aspiration', 'Disadvantage' and Social Class in Undergraduate-led Widening Participation Work; .Y.Taylor.Mature Women Students, Study Motivation and Employability; .R.Woodfield .Lone Parent Students' Motivations for and Hopes of Higher Education Engagement;. T.Hinton-Smith .PART III: NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION .'Choosing a Student Lifestyle?' Questions of Taste, Cultural Capital and Gaining a Graduate Job;. M.Stuart.,. C.Lido. & .J.Morgan .Transformation or Trauma: The Transition to Higher Education of Non-traditional Students;. P.Frame., .L.Measor. &. P.Wilcox .Non-traditional Adult Students: Access, Drop-out, Retention and Developing a Learner Identity; .B.Merrill .The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success; .J.Field.& .N.Morgan-Klein. PART IV: WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS .Widening Participation Trends in Sweden: Regulations and their Effects, Intended and Unintended; .C.Berggren.& .C.Cliffordson.Trends inWidening Participation in French Higher Education; .M.Moreau.Widening Participation in Spanish Higher Education: Will the Current Reform Promote the Inclusion of Non-traditional Students?'; .M.Padilla-Carmona.Experiencing Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: The Symbolic Power of Being a Student; .L.Morley.Women and Students of Colour as Non-traditional Students: The Difficulties of Inclusion in the United States; .A.MacLachlan .Widening Participation and 'Elite' Online Education: The case of the University of California; .S.Earl-Novell.Conclusion: Assessing Progress and Priorities in Widening Participation; .T.Hinton-Smith.Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30061-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 26/10/2012
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