Description
Product ID: | 9780367895006 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Local/Global Issues in Education |
Title: | Community Matters |
Subtitle: | The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education |
Authors: | Author: Jennifer Gore, Sally Patfield, Leanne Fray, Jess Harris |
Page Count: | 134 |
Subjects: | Social discrimination and social justice, Social discrimination & inequality, Social groups, communities and identities, Sociology, Education, Moral and social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, Higher education, tertiary education, Social groups, Sociology, Education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies & policy, Higher & further education, tertiary education |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book offers an innovative perspective on the question of access to higher education. It explores how young people's aspirations are both formed within and shaped by the communities in which they live. Working towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system. Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People’s Aspirations for Higher Education offers a new lens on equity of access. The policy focus, nationally and globally, on widening participation for under-represented target groups too readily treats such groups as if they have a singular voice, a singular history, and a singular set of concerns. Drawing on the perspectives of Australian school students, their parents/carers, teachers, and a vast array of residents from seven diverse communities, this book uses the lens of ‘community’ to reframe inequitable access. It does so by recognising the complex social and cultural forces at play locally that shape how young people form and articulate their post-school futures. In light of unprecedented challenges facing the higher education sector, this book interrogates dominant understandings of ‘widening participation’ and ‘aspiration,’ and offers timely insights about the broader economic, social, and cultural backdrop of aspiration formation. It is a valuable resource for academics and students interested in the sociology of higher education and for practitioners working at the forefront of equity policy and practice. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |