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This book is about the experiences of students in institutions of higher education from 'non-traditional' backgrounds with contributions from the UK, the USA and Australia which reveal that the issues surrounding the inclusion of 'non-traditional' students are broadly similar in different countries.
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Educational PolicyTable of contents
- SOCIAL INCLUSION AND HIGHER EDUCATION
- Contents
- iForeword
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction
- Part One: Issues in social inclusion
- 1. Capitals, ethnicity and higher education
- 2. Widening participation from a historical perspective: increasing our understanding of higher education and social justice
- 3. Broadening participation among women and racial/ethnic minorities in science, technology, engineering and maths
- 4. Social inclusion in a globalised higher education environment: the issue of equitable access to university in Australia
- 5. From minority to majority: educating diverse students in the United States
- 6. Equity, diversity and feminist educational research: enhancing the emerging field of pedagogical studies in higher education for social inclusion
- 7. Social justice as a matter of policy: higher education for the masses
- Part Two: Perspectives on widening participation
- 8. ‘I’ve never known someone like me go to university’: class, ethnicity and access to higher education
- 9. Widening participation in the higher education quasi-market: diversity, learning and literacy
- 10. Para crecer1: successful higher education strategies used by Latina students
- 11. Empowering ‘non-traditional’ students in the UK: feedback and the hidden curriculum
- 12. Teaching Indigenous teachers: valuing diverse perspectives
- 13. Widening access to higher education through partnership working
- 14. Higher education, human rights and inclusive citizenship
- Index of authors
- Index of subjects