Higher Education and Social Class
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FE Student
Full Time Higher Education
gender and ethnicity education
groups
Higher Education
HND Course
index
Lower Social Class Groups
Manual Working Identities
Non-participant Men
NS Sec
participation
qualitative educational studies
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
report
robbins
Robbins 1963a
Robbins Committee Reported
Robbins Report
Secretary Of State
social mobility research
student financial constraints
students
Term Time Employment
UCAS Data
UK High Education
university participation determinants
widening
Widening Participation
Widening Participation Policy Agenda
Widening Participation Research
working
Working Class Groups
Working Class Students
Working Class Young People
Young Men
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- ISBN 9780415276443
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Nov 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 information about university, the value of higher education to working class groups, the costs of participating and the propensity to participate. Issues of gender and ethnicity are also explored and questions are raised for those who are currently involved in 'widening participation' projects and initiatives. A unique feature of the book is that its findings are drawn from an innovative study where the views of both working class participants and non-participants in higher education were explored.
This book will be of interest to students of social policy, educational studies and sociology of education at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Academics, researchers and policy makers nationally and internationally will also find it valuable.
Archer, Louise; Hutchings, Merryn; Ross, Alistair
