1st Edition

Enhancing the Freedom to Flourish in Higher Education Participation, Equality and Capabilities

By Talita M. L. Calitz Copyright 2019
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Persistent educational, economic and social inequalities perpetuate unequal participation in higher education for a significant number of students in both developing and developed contexts, offering these students fewer opportunities to convert academic resources into equal participation. Enhancing the Freedom to Flourish in Higher Education explores the insight that student narratives can... Read more

Chapter 1: Inequality in Higher Education  Chapter 2: Structures of Unequal Participation  Chapter 3: The Capability Approach and Inequality in Higher Education  Chapter 4: Introducing Student Narratives  Chapter 5: Structural Constraints to Participation  Chapter 6: Student Agency in Higher Education  Chapter 7: Capabilities for Equal Participation  Chapter 8: Creating Just Universities

Biography

Talita M. L. Calitz is a Lecturer at the Department of Education Management and Policy Studies at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is also affiliated with the Higher Education and Human Development Programme at the University of the Free State, South Africa.