Download or read book Widening Participation Higher Education and Non Traditional Students written by Catherine A. Marshall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the problems that have developed as students lack either the social or cultural capital to take the opportunity of Higher Education through conventional routes. This might be due to leaving school early, lacking entry qualifications or wanting to further their education and prospects after entering the workplace. Foundation courses help to widen participation and create a route towards higher education. This book offers tried and tested practical solutions, from the notion of widening participation, to recruitment of students and to ways of helping them to make the most of themselves and develop the skills they need to progress on degree courses of their choice.
Download or read book Social Inclusion and Higher Education written by Basit, Tehmina N and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As higher education has made deliberate strides in recent decades to become more inclusive and accessible, the number of students from non-traditional backgrounds has increased dramatically. There has been much study of the effects of higher education on previously underserved populations, showing that it can lead to higher lifetime income and higher status. But there has been little research on what happens to those students once they are in a university. This book fills that gap, taking a close look at this issue and drawing on case studies from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia to illuminate the problems that face non-traditional students, the resources they and their families are able to draw on, and the ways that administrators and staff can help them succeed. This paperback edition is well suited to postgraduate students and practitioners and alike.
Download or read book Widening Participation Within Higher Education How Academic Engagement Enhances Students Learning Experience of Widening Participation with Higher Education written by Ghanshym Koolmon and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Pedagogy - Higher Education, grade: -, language: English, abstract: Students in the higher education can be categorised under traditional and non-traditional. While traditional students are typically referred to as those belonging to the 18-24 years age group, of middle/ upper class with a family history of higher education, non-traditional students have been generally considered as those belonging to diverse ethnic race, gender, social class, economic background of family and finally age. Among these non-traditional students, mature students, those above the age of 24, who may not have had the opportunity to pursue higher education before, face significant challenges as students pursuing higher education. Nontraditional mature students differ from the younger generation in many ways. Mature students could find it perplexing to adapt into a learning environment where they have faced many challenges to compete with the different level of age group students besides that fact that they have additional emotional and financial burdens. These barriers between mature students deeply affect their academic performance and may even prevent them in initiating new courses. The academic performance and its relationship with academic engagement of mature students in higher education need to be assessed in order to understand the influence on the Widening Participation programs across the UK. The aim of this paper is to explore previous research undertaken on the contribution of academic management and how it influences the widening participation. Based on the research aim and questions developed, existing literature on academic engagement, student performance, academic learning experience, assessment models were studied in detail. Kirkpatrick's Four Level Model of evaluation was selected in the present study to assess its suitability for the evaluation of mature students in higher education. The analysis revealed the optimum eva
Download or read book Widening Participation in Higher Education written by T. Hinton-Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers an authoritative, up-to-date commentary on the challenges facing higher education today across both the UK and internationally. The book charts the impact of global economic trends and recent policy developments for students, academics, providers and changing course provision.
Download or read book Access and Participation in Irish Higher Education written by Ted Fleming and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the access and participation issues present within Higher Education in Ireland. It examines policy, pedagogy and practices in relation to widening participation and documents the progress and challenges encountered in furthering the ‘access agenda’ over the past two decades. Access has become an integral part of how Higher Education understands itself and how it explains the value of what it does for society as a whole. Improving access to education strengthens social cohesion, lessens inequality, guarantees the future vitality of tertiary institutions and ensures economic competitiveness and flexibility in the era of the “Knowledge Based Economy”. Offering a coherent, critical account of recent developments in Irish Higher Education and the implications for Irish society as a whole, this book is essential for those involved both in researching the field and in Higher Education itself.
Download or read book Widening Participation in Higher Education written by Abigail O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Access Participation and Higher Education written by Annette Hayton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participation - and particularly widening participation to students from less-privileged social groups and those who have traditionally not entered HE - has been a major issue since at least the early 1950s. Widening participation has been an active policy of almost all UK governments over the past 40 years, but the issue is now reaching a possible impasse, with numbers at best static and key groups still effectively excluded from higher education. This is a major political issue as well as one of the most significant issues facing educational establishments. With issues such as student fees and high drop-out rates still political hot-potatoes, this book is a timely and important survey of the real issues behind participation, and non-participation, and is sure to be as controversial as it is useful. Contents is structured in two parts, looking at first the changing context of HE and secondly at issues behind how to develop strategies for widening participation. Contributors come from across the HE spectrum, from Colleges of HE to traditional universities.
Download or read book Supporting University Entry in the Age of Widening Participation written by John R. D. Blicharski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Designed for those working with widening participation students, this key guide provides all of the information needed to support learners from widening participation backgrounds and ensure fair admission to university can be effectively delivered. Providing the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of how to reach non-traditional students, this book addresses the realities of the challenges the modern university widening participation applicant faces. Each chapter offers a fresh and engaging insight into widening participation and explores the fascinating range of factors that determine whether students from non-traditional backgrounds successfully access university and benefit from it. It systematically considers the barriers, approaches and solutions required to reach university and encourages a 'best evidence' approach that could enable the people of tomorrow to have more equal access to learning and through that, a positive and healthy future on a planet under severe challenge. Ideal reading for all those working in widening participation or committed to expanding the diversity of their student populations, this book offers the insights, advice and considerations needed when deciding how best to help often highly vulnerable and unsupported students transform their lives through learning"--
Download or read book Rethinking Student Belonging in Higher Education written by Kate Carruthers Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing for an understanding of belonging in higher education as relational, complex and negotiated, particularly in reference to non-traditional students, Rethinking Student Belonging in Higher Education counters prevailing assumptions for what it means to belong and how institutional policy is shaped and implemented around traditional students. Bringing theoretical insights into institutional areas of policy and practice, this book: considers what it means to belong as a non-traditional student in a higher education environment designed for traditional students; presents the argument for belonging in line with theoretical insights of Bourdieu, Brah and Massey; illustrates belonging through case studies drawn from empirical research; and presents the argument for a borderland analysis of belonging in higher education, identifying key features and advantages of this theoretical framework. Reframing belonging within a neo-liberal, marketised higher education sector, Rethinking Student Belonging in Higher Education is a topical and accessible point of reference for any academic in the field of higher education policy and practice, as well as those involved in ensuring widening participation, equality, diversity, inclusion and fair access.
Download or read book Supporting University Entry in the Age of Widening Participation written by John R. D. Blicharski and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for those working with widening participation students, this key guide provides all of the information needed to support learners from widening participation backgrounds and ensure fair admission to university can be effectively delivered. Providing the reader with a theoretical and practical understanding of how to reach non-traditional students, this book addresses the realities of the challenges the modern university widening participation applicant faces. Each chapter offers a fresh and engaging insight into widening participation and explores the fascinating range of factors that determine whether students from non-traditional backgrounds successfully access university and benefit from it. This book systematically considers the barriers, approaches and solutions required to reach university and encourages a ‘best evidence’ approach that could enable the people of tomorrow to have more equal access to learning and through that, a positive and healthy future on a planet under severe challenge. Ideal reading for all those working in widening participation or committed to expanding the diversity of their student populations, this book offers the insights, advice and considerations needed when deciding how best to help often highly vulnerable and unsupported students transform their lives through learning.
Download or read book Student Voices on Inequalities in European Higher Education written by Fergal Finnegan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students’ lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of non-traditional students can be used to improve policy and practice in tertiary education. Drawing on biographical narrative interviews with ‘non-traditional’ students, the book covers topics including: • the contemporary nature of inequality and how the various forms of inequality intersect and overlap in higher education and society • the formation and transformation of learner identities • the structural barriers faced by non-traditional students • the sources of student resilience and agency • a comparison of patterns of inequality, access and retention in various European countries • the implications of these findings for practice and policies. Student Voices on Inequalities in Higher Education will appeal to academics, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners working in higher education institutions as well as people working in the field of widening participation, adult education, access and centres for teaching and learning. It will also be of interest to postgraduate students in higher education.
Download or read book Widening Higher Education Participation written by Mahsood Shah and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments have introduced policies to widen the participation of disadvantaged students in higher education. Widening participation policies are also introduced to ensure that higher education contributes to social and economic outcomes. This book includes important insights from 23 leading scholars across 11 countries on a wide range of topics that focus on government policies, institutional structures and the social and economic impacts of widening participation. While widening participation policies and outcomes in developed countries are more widely documented, the policies, achievements, and challenges in other countries such as Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa and Palestine are not so widely disseminated. Therefore, the 'untold stories' of policies and outcomes of widening participation are a key part of this book. The chapters are organised according to three overarching themes, which include national and transnational studies of the history of widening participation and current policies; inclusive learning and academic outcomes; and socioeconomic structures, concepts and theories.
Download or read book Access and Expansion Post Massification written by Ben Jongbloed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has the potential to be the era of universal higher education access: the post-massification century. The growth of knowledge-based service industries and an increased need for technological and social innovations require more education, training, and re-training at the post-secondary level. This edited collection addresses the crucial issues emerging from this ongoing expansion of higher education, focusing on how national systems of higher education can respond to demands for further expansion when traditional routes to higher education have been largely exhausted.Are there innovative ways to manage the finances of universal access, including tuition fees and student loans? Can we encourage under-represented groups to participate in higher education, offering them new ways of experiencing higher education without sacrificing quality? Does it make a difference how secondary education systems are organised? Expansion will require different modes of delivery, new system models, revised qualification structures, changes to the role played by government, and a revision of the public-private finance mix. While this may lead to tensions in terms of the quality, efficiency, or equality of opportunity in the higher education system, there are also new opportunities for students and higher education institutions.What role will new suppliers of higher education, such as private providers, and modes of delivery, such as MOOCs, play? Will all social groups benefit equally from expansion, and find the institution and programme that fits their needs? With experienced researchers offering insights, national strategies and policy examples from around the world, Access and Expansion Post-Massification will give researchers and policymakers the tools they need to expand higher education into the era of the knowledge society.
Download or read book Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective written by Sheila Riddell and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the way in which the twin pressures of globalisation and localisation play out in higher education across the developed world, often reflected in more specific debates on fees regimes, access and culture.
Download or read book Improving Student Retention in Higher Education written by Glenda Crosling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving Student Retention in Higher Education provides a practical, curriculum-based response to the current situation in higher education, where participating students emanate from a range of backgrounds; international and lower socioeconomic backgrounds, mature aged students, students with disabilities as well as those for whom higher education is the first family experience. Underpinned by research indicating that students are more likely to continue with higher education if they are engaged in their studies and have developed networks and relationships with their fellow students, this book presents best practice examples of innovative and inclusive curriculum, from a range of countries.
Download or read book Higher Education and Social Inequalities written by Richard Waller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A university education has long been seen as the gateway to upward social mobility for individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and as a way of reproducing social advantage for the better off. With the number of young people from the very highest socio-economic groups entering university in the UK having effectively been at saturation point for several decades, the expansion witnessed in participation rates over the last few decades has largely been achieved by a modest broadening of the base of the undergraduate population in terms of both social class and ethnic diversity. However, a growing body of evidence exists in the continuation of unequal graduate outcomes. This can be seen in terms of employment trajectories in the UK. The issue of just who enjoys access to which university, and the experiences and outcomes of graduates from different institutions remain central to questions of social justice, notably higher education’s contribution to social mobility and to the reproduction of social inequality. This collection of contemporary original writings explores these issues in a range of specific contexts, and through employing a range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The relationship between higher education and social mobility has probably never been under closer scrutiny. This volume will appeal to academics, policy makers, and commentators alike. Higher Education and Social Inequalities is an important contribution to the public and academic debate.
Download or read book Stretching the Academy written by National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and published by Niace. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 12 papers support the view that the current, general interest in widening participation in higher education in the United Kingdom may provide opportunities to radicalize policies and intervene strategically in institutional practices in ways that help to influence them. "Introduction" (Jane Thompson) precedes "Joining, Invading, Reconstructing" (Janice Malcolm), which uses the author's personal experience to clarify her concerns about the contemporary practice of widening participation. "Beyond Rhetoric" (Mary Stuart) highlights one methodology for participation in higher education that grew out of approaches used in third world development and philosophically linked to the ideal of a popular education. "Peripherality, Solidarity, and Mutual Learning in the Global/Local Development Business" (Anne Ryan) claims educational interventions that celebrate rather than problematize the experiences of those at the periphery are characterized by solidarity and mutual learning. "Common Goods" (Tom Steele) proposes adult education has a vital role to play in new educational synthesis, if a genuinely participatory mass democracy and an active toleration of cultural and sexual difference is to be achieved. "Concepts of Self-Directed Learning in Higher Education" (Richard Taylor) insists the role of the radical educator is to encourage and support the democratic and progressive articulation of self-directed learning. "Social Capital" (Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes) considers this concept within a frame that extends critical thinking about issues of social inclusion. "Women's Community Education in Ireland" (Anne B. Ryan, Brid Connolly) discusses how this thriving system has been considerably shaped by feminist ideas and practice, its connection to grass-roots organizations and the academy, and contribution of theories dealing with complexity, contradiction, and ambiguity. "Friendship, Flourishing, and Solidarity in Community-Based Adult Education" (Keith Hammond) looks at the way Aristotle's practical philosophy informs a community-based adult education project in and around Glasgow. "Missionary and Other Positions" (Pat Whaley) describes a joint initiative between the University of Durham and the Cleveland Community Enterprise Network to develop an accredited undergraduate program in community development and enterprise. "Widening Participation Through Action Learning in the Community (ALIC)" (Marjorie Mayo, Anan Collymore), a dialogue between a project evaluator and a project worker, provides project worker's account of ALIC's specific aims and objectives and aims and achievements of ALIC participants. "Working with Contradictions in the Struggle for Access" (John Bamber et al.) suggests actions and strategies that can make a positive difference in institutional contradictions. "Turning the Discourse" (Jim Crowther et al.) explores how the tradition of social purpose can survive, even thrive, in institutions now expected to behave as if they had never had one. Papers contain references. (YLB)
