Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education
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Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education

Challenging Differential Academic Attainment in UK Universities

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Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education

Challenging Differential Academic Attainment in UK Universities

About this book

This open access book examines the structural and cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap between white and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in UK universities.So-called 'deficit' approaches have long represented the orthodoxy in higher education strategy-making, yet they overlook the structural and institutional factors that reproduce attainment gaps. Whereas students already in possession of the right 'academic capital' are made to feel validated and empowered in their learning, BAME students – particularly those from working class backgrounds – may feel marginalised by dominant hierarchical cultures on campus.

This book provides an important and unique contribution to the study of racial equity in higher education. Its chapters provide a breadth and depth of analyses which help explain the roots of the attainment gap, while offering reflections and commentaries on the necessary steps that universities must take in order to ensure equityfor students from all backgrounds.

This book is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

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Yes, you can access Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education by Alexander Hensby,Barbara Adewumi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9783031516160
eBook ISBN
9783031516177
Edition
0
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Editors’ Introduction: Race and the Awarding Gap
  4. 2. Race, Class, and Student Choice: Negotiating Competing Rationalities
  5. 3. Becoming a Higher Education Student: Managing Expectations and Adapting to Independent Learning
  6. 4. BAME Students’ Extracurricular Belonging at University: Building Networks, Representation, and Capital
  7. 5. Bringing Vocational Qualifications into the Inclusivity Agenda: The Case of the BTEC
  8. 6. The Role of Motivation in Student Engagement and Attainment
  9. 7. Doing the Work: Institutional Policy, Research, and Practice for Closing the White-BAME Awarding Gap
  10. 8. Academic Advising in the Massified University: Facilitating Meaningful Staff–Student Interactions
  11. 9. Reflections on Teaching and Negotiating Race in Social Work and Sociology
  12. 10. Race Equity and Inclusive Curriculum: Diversity Mark and Making a Lasting Impression on the Institution
  13. 11. Editors’ Conclusion
  14. Correction to: Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education
  15. Back Matter