1st Edition

How They Fared The Impact of the Comprehensive School Upon the University

By Guy Neave Copyright 1975
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1975 How They Fared  looks at some of the effects of ‘going comprehensive’. The book's investigation provides information about the inflow of students from comprehensive schools. In what way do these students differ from their fellows from selective establishments? What does this tell us about the relationship between school and university? Do comprehensive school... Read more

Foreword by Professor Brian Smith, School of Education, University of Leicester

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. The Impact of the Comprehensive Schools upon the British Education System

2. How the Data were Gathered In

3. Subject Choices at O-and A-Level as Paths to University

4. The Universities They Went To

5. The Swing to Science

6. The Influence of Family, School and Friends on the Future University Student from Comprehensive Schools

7. Reasons for Going to University and Adjustment During the First Year

8. Conclusion

Recommendations

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Index

Biography

Guy Richard Neave (born 1941) is a British social scientist and Emeritus Professor of Comparative Higher Education Policy Studies at the University of Twente, known for his work on higher education in Europe.