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First generation entry into higher education : an international study / Liz Thomas and Jocey Quinn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Society for Research into Higher EducationPublisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007Description: 150 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0335217915
  • 9780335217915
  • 0335217907
  • 9780335217908
Other title:
  • 1st generation entry into higher education
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.0086912 22
Contents:
1. Introduction to the book -- 2. From a distance you can see more clearly : developing an international methodology with local benefits for student access and success -- 3. The access and success of students from lower socio-economic groups in higher education -- 4. Conceptualizing first generation entry -- 5. The potential impact of parental education on access and success in higher education -- 6. Empirical exploration of the implications of first generation entry for higher education experiences -- 7. National and institutional approaches to supporting first generation entrants -- 8. The implications of first generation entry for redefining widening participation.
Review: "This book examines the proposition that parental education is a key factor contributing to the access and success of students, but that insufficient attention is paid to this by researchers, national systems and institutional interventions. Analysis of research findings from ten countries, plus a UK-wide study, indicates that parental education is more important in determining access to higher education than parental employment or financial status. The book provides a clear conceptualization of first generation entry, exploring its complex interrelationship with social class. Furthermore, it demonstrates that when first generation entry is used as a lens, it disrupts the taken for granted assumptions regarding widening participation and helps produce much more effective approaches to targeting access and supporting student success." "First Generation Entry into Higher Education provides a unique and insightful examination of how first generation entrants are supported or otherwise by different national approaches and institutional responses. The book is essential reading for all with an interest in widening participation in higher education."--BOOK JACKET.
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Published in association with Society for Research into Higher Education.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to the book -- 2. From a distance you can see more clearly : developing an international methodology with local benefits for student access and success -- 3. The access and success of students from lower socio-economic groups in higher education -- 4. Conceptualizing first generation entry -- 5. The potential impact of parental education on access and success in higher education -- 6. Empirical exploration of the implications of first generation entry for higher education experiences -- 7. National and institutional approaches to supporting first generation entrants -- 8. The implications of first generation entry for redefining widening participation.

"This book examines the proposition that parental education is a key factor contributing to the access and success of students, but that insufficient attention is paid to this by researchers, national systems and institutional interventions. Analysis of research findings from ten countries, plus a UK-wide study, indicates that parental education is more important in determining access to higher education than parental employment or financial status. The book provides a clear conceptualization of first generation entry, exploring its complex interrelationship with social class. Furthermore, it demonstrates that when first generation entry is used as a lens, it disrupts the taken for granted assumptions regarding widening participation and helps produce much more effective approaches to targeting access and supporting student success." "First Generation Entry into Higher Education provides a unique and insightful examination of how first generation entrants are supported or otherwise by different national approaches and institutional responses. The book is essential reading for all with an interest in widening participation in higher education."--BOOK JACKET.

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