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Aspirations, Access and Attainment: International perspectives on widening participation and an agenda for change book cover

1st Edition

Aspirations, Access and Attainment International perspectives on widening participation and an agenda for change

Edited By Neil Murray, Christopher Klinger Copyright 2014
216 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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It is perhaps ironic that as the global financial crisis has, in some cases, led governments and institutions to pull back from and/or set more modest goals and associated funding around widening participation, there is an ever-growing sense that the ideals buttressing the widening participation movement are becoming more universally acknowledged by educators across the globe. That... Read more

1. Connecting the unconnected: towards a global access movement Stuart Billingham  2. Regressive social policy and its consequences for opportunity for Higher Education in the United States, 1980 to present
Tom Mortenson  3. Meeting the U.S. demand for talent: the imperative of increasing attainment for underserved populations Jamie P. Merisotis  4. Inequality as the key obstacle to widening successful participation in South Africa – and why Higher Education is obliged to redress it Ian Scott  5. Society, economy and access to post-secondary studies in Québec Nicolas Bastien, Pierre Chenard, Pierre Doray, and Benoît Laplante  6. Challenges for Adult Access in Europe Michael Osborne, Simon Broek, and Bert-Jan Buiskool  7. Widening participation in UK Higher Education: the institutional performance Malcolm Tight  8. Student engagement to improve belonging, retention and success Liz Thomas  9. Autonomy, legitimacy and confidence: using mainstream curriculum to successfully widen participation Liz Marr, George Curry and John Rose-Adams  10. "I thought I knew this stuff, but apparently I don’t": understanding the transition into university-level thinking Robert Cantwell, Jill Scevak and Erika Spray  11. An argument concerning overcoming inequalities in Higher Education
Stephen Gorard  12. Students as experts: reflections on the ‘student voice’ Neil Murray and Christopher M. Klinger  13. Student voices: student union perspectives on access, inclusion and policy making in Higher Education  13.1 Australian student voice influences on wider participation policy and practice through a Student Union lens Donherra Walmsley  13.2 The student voice in widening access to Higher Education 365
in England - the case of the access agreement Debbie McVitty  13.3 Social Dimension a step towards a more inclusive Higher Education Area Florian Kaiser and Taina Moisander

Biography

Neil Murray is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, Centre for Applied Linguistics, UK.

Christopher M. Klinger is Senior Lecturer at the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages at the University of South Australia. 

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