Widening Participation in Higher Education [electronic resource] : Casting the Net Wide? /
Hinton-Smith, T.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Inclusion, Exclusion: Issues in Widening Participation; 1 Introduction; 2 Changing Policy Discourses on Equity and Diversity in UK Higher Education: What Is the Evidence?; 3 Widening Participation in Universities in England and Wales: Is There a Connection with Honours Degree Achievement?; 4 Wider and Still Wider? A Historical Look at the 'Open-Ness' of the Open University of the United Kingdom; 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 Work6 Mature Women Students, Study Motivation and Employability; 7 Lone Parent Students' Motivations for and Hopes of Higher Education Engagement; Part III: Non-Traditional Students' Experiences in Higher Education; 8 Choosing a Student Lifestyle? Questions of Taste, Cultural Capital and Gaining a Graduate Job; 9 Transformation or Trauma: The Transition to Higher Education of Non-Traditional Students
10 Non-Traditional Adult Students: Access, Dropout, Retention and Developing a Learner Identity11 The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success; Part IV:  Widening Participation in International Contexts; 12 Widening Participation Trends in Sweden: Regulations and Their Effects, Intended and Unintended; 13 Trends in Widening Participation in French Higher Education; 14 Widening Participation in Spanish Higher Education: Will the Current Reform Promote the Inclusion of Non-Traditional Students?
15 Experiencing Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: The Symbolic Power of Being a Student16 Women and Students of Colour as Non-Traditional Students: The Difficulties of Inclusion in the United States; 17 Widening Participation and 'Elite' Online Education: The Case of the University of California; 18 Conclusion: Assessing Progress and Priorities in Widening Participation; Index
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.
Educational sociology.
Higher education.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Education and state.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Sociology.
Sociology of Education.
Higher Education.
Sociology of Education.
Education Policy.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Sociology, general.