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Titre(s) : Widening participation in higher education [Texte imprimé] : casting the net wide? / edited by Tamsin Hinton-Smith
Publication : Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Description matérielle : xv, 330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Issues in higher education
Lien à la collection : Issues in higher education
Comprend : Part I ; Inclusion, Exclusion: Issues in Widening Participation:1 ; Introduction /Tamsin
Hinton-Smith2 ; Changing policy discourses on equity and diversity in UK higher education:
what Is the evidence? /Miriam E. David3 ; Widening participation in universities in
England and Wales: is there a connection with honours degree achievement? /Mantz Yorke4
; 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 Taylor6 ; Mature women students, study motivation and employability /Ruth
Woodfield7 ; 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 Morgan9 ; Transformation
or trauma: the transition to higher education of non-traditional students /Lynda Measor,
Paula Wilcox and Philip Frame10 ; Non-traditional adult students: access, dropout,
retention and ceveloping a learner identity /Barbara Merrill11 ; 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 Cliffordson13 ; Trends in widening participation in French
higher education /Marie-Pierre Moreau14 ; Widening participation in Spanish higher
education: will the current reform promote the inclusion of non-traditional students?
/M. Teresa Padilla-Carmona15 ; Experiencing higher education in Ghana and Tanzania:
the symbolic power of being a student /Louise Morley16 ; Women and students of colour
as non-traditional students: the difficulties of inclusion in the United States /Anne
J. MacLachlan17 ; Widening participation and 'elite' online education: the case of
the University of California /Sarah Earl-Novell18 ; Conclusion: assessing progress
and priorities in widening participation /Tamsin Hinton-Smith
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Hinton-Smith, Tamsin. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Enseignement supérieur
Sociologie de l'éducation
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780230300613 (rel.). - ISBN 0230300618
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43550023f
Notice n° :
FRBNF43550023
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