This publication shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. It also reveals that more work and policy interventions are needed to share opportunities more equally between social groups. The book covers: collaborations with schools, families, and communities; tools and methods to aid in the creation of pathways and bridging initiatives into higher education; and case studies that show how students are supported du
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This publication shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. It also reveals that more work and policy interventions are needed to share opportunities more equally between social groups. The book covers: collaborations with schools, families, and communities; tools and methods to aid in the creation of pathways and bridging initiatives into higher education; and case studies that show how students are supported during the transition into high education systems.
Edited excerpts from publisher's website.
The chapters are as follows: Policy and practice challenges and opportunities for developing widening participation in the global south and north / Kate Hoskins and Mahsood Shah (pages 1-15); What is widening participation and why does it matter? / Cathy Cupitt and Sue Trinidad (pages 17-32); Building bridges: the story behind Australia's largest widening participation collaboration / Gail Whiteford, Annette Cairnduff, Catherine O'Donnell, Jane Cavanagh, Ruth Tregale and Jude Stoddart (pages 33-53); Supporting Indigenous students through the university journey: the Elder in Residence program / Elaine Chapman and Gail Whiteford (pages 55-68); Creating alternate futures through higher education: the refugee mentoring program / Sonal Singh, Ruth Tregale, Jane Wallace and Gail Whiteford (pages 69-86); Widening participation to underrepresented and disadvantaged students: social identity and the barrier to higher education access in England / Kate Hoskins and Sonia Ilie (pages 87-102); Access of disadvantaged students to higher education in Chile: current scenarios and challenges / Oscar Espinoza and Luis Gonzalez (pages 103-126); Widening participation in higher education: preparatory education program for students from ethnic minority backgrounds / Diya Hu and Jian Liu (pages 127-140); Building a foundation for success?: foundation programs in the Arab Gulf States using Qatar as a case study / Issam E. Khoury (pages 141-155); Generating strategies for success: understanding the lived experiences of Native American adult learners / Tom Buckmiller (pages 157-171); Nepal's educated nonelite: reevaluating state-provided higher education / Andrea Kolbel (pages 173-188); What is being done?: 'Ubuntu' in student support programs in public higher education institutions in South Africa / Sadhana Manik (pages 189-208); Tertiary schooling patterns and disadvantaged groups in Turkey / Yasar Kondakci and Deniz Orucu (pages 209-226); Understanding the relative value of alternative pathways in postsecondary education: evidence from the state of Virginia / Di Xu and Jeffrey Fletcher (pages 227-257).
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