Access, Participation and Higher Education: Policy and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780749438364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 274 str.

Annette Hayton; Anna Paczuska; Ann Hodgson

Opis

Participation in higher education - and particularly widening participation to students from less-privileged social groups and those who have traditionally not entered HE - has been a major issue since at least the early 1950s. Widening participation has been an active policy of almost all UK governments for over 40 years, but the issue is perhaps reaching an impasse, with numbers at best static and key groups still effectively excluded from higher education. With issues such as student fees and high drop-out rates still political hot potatoes, this book is a survey of the issues behind participation - and non-participation. The first section looks at the changing context of HE, the second, at the issues behind how to develop strategies for widening participation.

Recenzje

'Overall this is a very useful and well written collection of papers which should be read widely and will certainly spark further debate and action. One of the most fascinating aspects of the book is the way in which it highlights the different ways in which higher education may be viewed.' - Journal of Inservice Education

'Hayton and Paczuska's collection makes for thoughtful reading ... The book has many strengths, including a critical approach to policy.' - Higher Education Review

Spis treści

Introduction - Education in Demand? Annette Hayton and Anna Paczuska. Part 1 The Changing Context for Higher Education: Getting In and Getting On - Choosing the Best, Sheila Macrae and Meg Maguire; Challenging Inequality, Choosing Inclusion - Higher Educa

O autorze

Annette Hayton is Development Officer London University's Institute of Education, and is editor of Social Exclusion also published by RoutledgeFalmer. Anna Paczuska is Director, Access and Participation at South Bank University, London