Widening Higher Education Participation

A Global Perspective

Anna Bennett author Erica Southgate author Mahsood Shah author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology

Published:20th Oct '15

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Widening Higher Education Participation aims to engage academics and scholars from different countries on a wide range of topics related to widening participation of students.

Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes important insights from 23 leading scholars across 11 countries on a wide range of topics that focus on government policies, institutional structures and the social and economic impacts of widening participation. While widening participation policies and outcomes in developed countries are more widely documented, the policies, achievements, and challenges in other countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa and Palestine are not so widely disseminated. Therefore, the ‘untold stories’ of policies and outcomes of widening participation are a key part of this book. The chapters are organised according to three overarching themes, which include national and transnational studies of the history of widening participation and current policies; inclusive learning and academic outcomes; and socioeconomic structures, concepts and theories.

ISBN: 9780081002131

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 330g

292 pages