Access, participation, and higher education : policy and practice /

Access, participation, and higher education : policy and practice / edited by Annette Hayton and Anna Paczuska. - London : Sterling, VA : Kogan Page ; Stylus Pub., 2002. - 1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) - The future of education from 14+ . - Future of education from 14+. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter Introduction: Education in Demand? -- part Part 1 The Changing Context for Higher Education -- chapter 1 Getting In and Getting On Choosing the Best -- chapter 2 Challenging Inequality, Choosing Inclusion: Higher Education in Changing Social Landscapes / chapter 3 Increasing Demand for Higher Education in the Longer Term: The Role of 14+ Qualifications and Curriculum Reform / chapter 4 Fair Funding for Higher Education The Way Forward -- chapter 5 Redefining Higher Education: A Case Study in Widening Participation / chapter 6 Higher Education: A Risky Business / chapter 7 Widening Participation: The Place of Mature Students / chapter 8 The Applications Process: Developing an Admissions Curriculum / chapter 9 Higher Education Provision and the Change to a Mass System / part Part 2 Developing Strategies for Widening Participation -- chapter 10 A Framework for Institutional Change -- chapter 11 Reflections on Widening Access to Medical Schools: The Case of Southampton / chapter 12 Mentoring: A Black Community Response / chapter 13 Making Links with Schools and Colleges / chapter 14 Guidance and Choice in a Changing Context / chapter 15 Access: The Widening Participation Success Story / chapter 16 Student Voice: Working to Ensure Successful Transition to Higher Education / chapter 17 The Sussex Coastal Highway / Karen Evans -- Ann Hodgson -- Patrick Ainley -- Louise Archer -- Alison Fuller -- Anna Paczuska -- Ruth Farwell -- Angela Fenwick -- Howard Jeffrey -- Harinder Lawley, with Ian Stirling and Jan Oztun Ali -- John Beckett -- Norman Carey -- Julia Dinsdale -- Jacky Harding.

With issues such as student fees and high drop-out rates still political hot-potatoes, this book is a timely and important survey of the real issues behind participation, and non-participation, and is sure to be as controversial as it is useful.

0203416945 (electronic bk.) 9780203416945 (electronic bk.) (Paper)


Higher education and state--Great Britain.
Discrimination in higher education--Great Britain.
Enseignement supérieur--Politique gouvernementale--Grande-Bretagne.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur--Grande-Bretagne.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Discrimination in higher education.
Higher education and state.
Education, Special Topics.
Education.
Social Sciences.


Great Britain.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC178.G7 / A33 2002eb

378.41

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