Social inclusion and higher education - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447316215 ISBN 13 : 9781447316213

Editeur : Policy Press, 2014

Synopsis

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the experiences of students in institutions of higher education from 'non-traditional' backgrounds. The expansion of Higher Education world-wide shows no signs of slowing down and there is already a large literature on who has access to higher education and to qualifications that offer higher life-time incomes and status. However to date there has been minimal focus on what happens to the students once they are in the institutions and the inequalities that they face. This book aims to fill this gap in the literature.

The chapters demonstrate that the students and their families are finding ways of acquiring forms of capital that encourage and sustain their participation in higher education. Contributions from the UK, the USA and Australia reveal that the issues surrounding the inclusion of 'non-traditional' students are broadly similar in different countries. It should be read by all those leading, managing, or teaching in, institutions of higher education and all students or intending students whatever their background.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sally Tomlinson is an Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths London University and an Honorary Fellow in the Education Department, University of Oxford. She began her teaching career in primary school in Wolverhampton, and has spent her academic career researching, writing and teaching about race and ethnicity, and the politics of education, especially 'special' education. She was a trustee of the African Education Trust for twenty years working in in Somalia and Somaliland and Kenya.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1447316215
• ISBN 13: 9781447316213
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Basit Tehmina N
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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