Social Inclusion and Higher Education

Social Inclusion and Higher Education

by SallyTomlinson (Editor), TehminaN.Basit (Editor)

Synopsis

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. 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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 25 Jan 2012

ISBN 10: 1847427979
ISBN 13: 9781847427977

Media Reviews
A timely, empirical and theoretical addition to the literature. Sociology
Social Inclusion and Higher Education is a well-balanced set of essays on a key contemporary topic and offers an impressively incisive and panoramic survey of the complex issues at stake. Ron Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, London
Inclusive mass education alone is not enough. But it is a start, and when status reproduction can be modified and the focus falls on student agency, education suddenly finds itself at the cutting edge of active democracy. This engaging collection by Tehmina Basit and Sally Tomlinson reworks familiar issues with fresh eyes. It explores the class, ethnic and gender dimensions of empowerment and maps their many intersections. Simon Marginson, University of Melbourne, Australia
Author Bio
Tehmina N Basit is Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Education Policy Research at Staffordshire University. Her research interests include social justice, social inclusion, ethnicity, gender, and teacher education and professional development. Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Education at Goldsmiths College, London University and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is a Visiting Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, England, a 'new' university dedicated to social inclusion. Her research is in the area of racial and social equity, and educational policy and politics.