Access to success and social mobility through higher education : a curate's egg? /
This edited collection illuminates the benefits, drawbacks, challenges, opportunities of the push to widen access to success and social mobility through university and other post-secondary education experiences in the UK and internationally. It examines a range of particular case studies, and addres...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, United Kingdom :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2018
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| Series: | Great Debates in Higher Education
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education; Contents; Foreword; About the Contributors; 1: Access to Success and Social Mobility Through Higher Education: A Curate's Egg?; Global Contexts; The 'Access' Debate; The WP Discourse; Access to Success: Policy and Practice; Access to Success: Fees and Regulation; Access to Success: Social Mobility; An Alternative Discourse?; Concluding Comments; References; Section A: Aspects of the Contemporary access debate; 2: Access to the Elite; Introduction; Efforts to Date; Slow Progress; Impact of Spending; Focussing on Admissions.
- ConclusionReferences; 3: Access to Higher Education in South Africa; Background Information on Access to Higher Education in South Africa; Quality of Education in South Africa; Challenges of Acquiring He in South Africa; Government Funding; Cost of Higher Education; Socio-economic, Class and Racial Inequalities; Efforts Towards Improving Access to He in South Africa; Commission on Higher Education (1995); The National Development Plan 2030; National Student Financial Aid Scheme; The 'Free Education' Initiative; Public-Private Partnership Model; Conclusion; References.
- 4: Learning Through Life Revisited: The Role of Policy in Enhancing Social Mobility through Access to Part-Time StudyIntroduction; Challenges to Lifelong Learning in Higher Education
- A European View; The Decline of Part-time Study in England
- The Perfect Storm; The Policy Problem; What Does this Mean and What Can be Done?; Conclusion; References; 5: Increasing Access to Tertiary and Higher Education in Rural Communities: Experiences from Tasmania and New Zealand; Introduction; General Issues for Tertiary and He Institutions; Tasmania; Partnerships; Regional Access; Curriculum Design.
- New ZealandBay of Plenty Region; Education Partnerships; Institutional Initiatives; Conclusion; References; Section B: Focussing on Student Success and Social Mobility; 6: What Can Social Capital Contribute to Student Success in Higher Education? Perspectives from Students and Institutions; What is Social Capital?; The Implications of Social Capital for Student Success; Students' Perceptions of the Benefit of Social Capital; Connections and Relations; Employability; Personal Development; Quality and Efficiency; Student Success; Benefits for Institutions; Why Does Social Capital Matter in He?
