| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Social class and higher education; 2 Higher education and social access to the Robbins Report; 3 Access to higher education inclusion for the masses; 4 Participation and potential participation in UK higher education; 5 Information advice and cultural discourses of higher education; 6 The value of higher education; 7 Entry routes to higher education pathways qualifications and social class; 8 Financial barriers to participation; 9 Identities inequalities and higher education |
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10 Widening participation in higher education implications for policy and practiceGlossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Is higher education unattractive for lower social classes and minority groups or are higher education institutions acting to exclude them? Built on research findings and data from a wide variety of empirical and attitudinal sources, this book raises timely issues about elitism, expansion, quality and access in higher education |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hutchings, Merryn, 1948-
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Ross, Alistair, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0203986946 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203986943 (electronic bk.) |
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