| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 227 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Contents |
Social class and higher education / Louise Archer -- Higher education and social access : to the Robbins Report ; Access to higher education : inclusion for the masses? / Alistair Ross -- Participation and potential participation in UK higher education / Robert Gilchrist, David Phillips and Alistair Ross -- Information, advice and cultural discourses of higher education / Merryn Hutchings -- 'Value' of higher education / Louise Archer -- Entry routes to higher education : pathways, qualifications and social class / Carole Leathwood and Merryn Hutchings -- Financial barriers to participation / Merryn Hutchings -- Identities, inequalities and higher education / Louise Archer and Carole Leathwood -- Widening participation in higher education : implications for policy and practice / Louise Archer [and others] |
| Summary |
Working class groups have historically been excluded from participation in higher education. Past decades have seen an expansion of the system towards a more inclusive higher education, but participation among people from working class groups has remained persistently low. Is higher education unattractive for these groups or are the institutions acting to exclude them?This thought-provoking and revealing book examines the many factors and reasons why working class groups are under-represented in higher education. In particular, the book addresses issues around differential access to inform |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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Social classes -- Great Britain.
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Educational equalization -- Great Britain
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Educational equalization
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Social classes
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hutchings, Merryn, 1948-
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Ross, Alistair
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Leathwood, Carole
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Gilchrist, Robert
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Phillips, David
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| LC no. |
2002026987 |
| ISBN |
0203986946 |
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9780203986943 |
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0415276438 |
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9780415276436 |
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9780415276443 |
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0415276446 |
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9786610113934 |
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6610113939 |
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9781134474929 |
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113447492X |
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9781134474875 |
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1134474873 |
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9781134474912 |
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1134474911 |
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1280113936 |
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9781280113932 |
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