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Social Inclusion and Higher Education /

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the experiences of students in institutions of higher education from 'non-traditional' backgrounds. The expansion of Higher Education world-wide shows no signs of slowing down and there is already a large literature on who ha...

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Other Authors: Basit, Tehmina N (Editor), Basit, Tehmina N. (Contributor), Blakewood, Amanda M. (Contributor), Cramp, Andy (Contributor), Crawford, Laurie (Contributor), David, Miriam E. (Contributor), DeVita, James M. (Contributor), Dhillon, Jaswinder K. (Contributor), Dunlap, Diane M. (Contributor), Gale, Trevor (Contributor), Hernandez, Pamela (Contributor), James, Richard (Contributor), Modood, Tariq (Contributor), Moses, Yolanda T. (Contributor), Osler, Audrey H. (Contributor), Reid, Jo-Anne (Contributor), Santoro, Ninetta (Contributor), Simpson, Lee (Contributor), Smith, Rob (Contributor), Strayhorn, Terrell L. (Contributor), Thompson, David W. (Contributor), Tomlinson, Sally (Contributor, Editor), Tranter, Deborah (Contributor), Watson, David (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Inclusive education > Social aspects.
Educational sociology.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur.
Sociologie de l'éducation.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / School Safety.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part One Issues in social inclusion
  • one Capitals, ethnicity and higher education
  • two Widening participation from an historical perspective: increasing our understanding of higher education and social justice
  • three Broadening participation among women and racial/ethnic minorities in science, technology, engineering and maths
  • four Social inclusion in a globalised higher education environment: the issue of equitable access to university in Australia
  • five From minority to majority: educating diverse students in the United States
  • six Equity, diversity and feminist educational research: enhancing the emerging field of pedagogical studies in higher education for social inclusion
  • seven Social justice as a matter of policy: higher education for the masses
  • Part Two Perspectives on widening participation
  • eight 'I've never known someone like me go to university': class, ethnicity and access to higher education
  • nine Widening participation in the higher education quasi-market: diversity, learning, and literacy
  • ten Para crecer: successful higher education strategies used by Latina students
  • eleven Empowering non-traditional students in the UK: feedback and the hidden curriculum
  • twelve Teaching Indigenous teachers: valuing diverse perspectives
  • thirteen Widening access to higher education through partnership working
  • fourteen Higher education, human rights and inclusive citizenship
  • Index of authors
  • Index of subjects