Widening Higher Education Participation: A Global Perspective

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 the social and economic benefit. Widening Higher Education Participation aims to engage academics and scholars from different countries on a wide range of topics related to widening participation of students. The book will focus on government policies, institutional structures to support disadvantaged students, and the social and economic benefits of widening participation. The book will also pay attention on inclusive models of curriculum, pedagogy, academic outcomes, and how equity aspirations could be achieved without compromising academic quality and standards. engages prominent academics, earlier career researchers, and research studentsprovides a wide range of topics related to widening participation discusses contemporary topics such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and the extent to which it widens student participationexplores social and economic impact of widening student participationpresents untold stories of widening participation in developing countries experiencing growth in youth population INDICE: Government policies on widening student participation in programs tertiary education Social and economic benefit of widening participation Realigning University structures to support diverse Students Widening participation leadership Raising the aspirations of disadvantaged students Inclusive models of curriculum to support disadvantaged students MOOCS and widening participation Disadvantaged student expectations of University education Transition and retention strategies to support disadvantaged students Effective teaching with disadvantaged students Maintaining the quality and standard of educational outcomes in an era of widening participation The employable outcomes of disadvantaged students Disadvantaged student engagement in learning Indigenous perspectives on widening student participation Academic workforce and diversity Role of libraries in achieving equity outcomes Widening participation in higher degree research

• ISBN: 978-0-08-100213-1
• Editorial: Chandos Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 208
• Fecha Publicación: 15/08/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés