Widening Participation in Higher Education

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Changing Policy Discourses on Equity and Diversity in UK Higher Education: What Is the Evidence?

Chapter 3 Widening Participation in Universities in England and Wales: Is There a Connection with Honours Degree Achievement?

Chapter 4 Wider and Still Wider? A Historical Look at the ‘Open-Ness’ of the Open University of the United Kingdom

Chapter 5 Good Students, Bad Pupils: Constructions of ‘Aspiration’, ‘Disadvantage’ and Social Class in Undergraduate-Led Widening Participation Work

Chapter 6 Mature Women Students, Study Motivation and Employability

Chapter 7 Lone Parent Students’ Motivations for and Hopes of Higher Education Engagement

Chapter 8 Choosing a Student Lifestyle? Questions of Taste, Cultural Capital and Gaining a Graduate Job

Chapter 9 Transformation or Trauma: The Transition to Higher Education of Non-Traditional Students

Chapter 10 Non-Traditional Adult Students: Access, Dropout, Retention and Developing a Learner Identity

Chapter 11 The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success

Chapter 12 Widening Participation Trends in Sweden: Regulations and Their Effects, Intended and Unintended

Chapter 13 Trends in Widening Participation in French Higher Education

Chapter 14 Widening Participation in Spanish Higher Education: Will the Current Reform Promote the Inclusion of Non-Traditional Students?

Chapter 15 Experiencing Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: The Symbolic Power of Being a Student

Chapter 16 Women and Students of Colour as Non-Traditional Students: The Difficulties of Inclusion in the United States

Chapter 17 Widening Participation and ‘Elite’ Online Education: The Case of the University of California

Chapter 18 Conclusion: Assessing Progress and Priorities in Widening Participation