Socioeconomic disadvantage and access to higher education
- Author/Editor(s):
- Alasdair Forsyth, Andy Furlong
- Format:
- Paperback , 64 pages , 297 x 210 mm
- ISBN
- 9781861342966
- Published:
- 29 Nov 2000
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About This Book
Socioeconomic disadvantage and access to higher education argues that the gap in representation in higher education between affluent and disadvantaged young people continues. The research looks at reasons for this, but takes care to distinguish between the factors which qualify young people for higher education and those which predispose them to attend. That is, which factors govern levels of qualification required for entry to higher education and which other factors act as barriers to the progress of disadvantaged young people.Through a survey of school-leavers, before and after leaving school, the report looks at:geographical patterns of academic achievement in relation to indicators of disadvantage;the attrition from full-time education of qualified but disadvantaged young people;the variety of destinations made by disadvantaged school-leavers;patterns and levels of participation in higher and further education;student finance and parental support; barriers to full participation in higher education.
• • The report concludes with policy recommendations for increasing meaningful participation for under-represented disadvantaged groups of young people which are applicable throughout the UK.Socioeconomic disadvantage and access to higher education is vital reading for policy makers and academics in the fields of education, young people and social exclusion, and anyone interested in higher education and youth transitions.This report should be read alongside Losing out?: Socioeconomic disadvantage and experience in further and higher education (The Policy Press, 2003) also by Alasdair Forsyth and Andy Furlong.Author Biography
Alasdair Forsyth is a Research Associate and Andy Furlong is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, both in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. They were co-authors of an earlier publication on access to HE (Socio-economic disadvantage and access to Higher Education, Policy Press, 2000) and have worked extensively on youth transitions.Contents
Socioeconomic disadvantage and access to higher education: issues
Post-compulsory education in low achieving areas
Destinations of final year school-leavers
Patterns of participation in higher education
Experience of barriers to participation in higher education
Conclusions and policy implications.
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