Across the world, higher education is witnessing exponential growth in both student participation and types of educational providers. One key phenomenon of this growth is an increase in student diversity: governments are widening access to higher education for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. However, this raises questions about whether this rapid growth may in face compromise academic quality. This book presents case studies of how higher education institutions in diverse countries are maintaining academic excellence while increasing the access and participation of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds. Including case studies spanning four continents, the authors and editors examine whether increasing widening participation positively impacts upon academic quality. This volume will be of interest and value to students and scholars of global higher education, representation and participation in education, and quality in higher education.
Chapter 1. Leadership for institutional change to promote diversity and success; Liz Thomas.- Chapter 2. Vertically Segregated Higher Education and the Life Course: Comparing Patterns over 28 Years; Lesley Andres and Ashley Pullman.- Chapter 3. Supporting Students' Learning: the power of the student-teacher relationship; Debra Cureton and Phil Gravestock.- Chapter 4. Facilitating the success of students from low SES backgrounds at regional universities through course design, teaching and staff attributes; Marcia Devlin and Jade McKay.- Chapter 5. A Case Study of Using Developmental Education to both Raise Equity and Maintain Standards; Michelle Hodara, Di Xu and Julie Petrokubi.- Chapter 6. Vision 20:20 and Indigenous Health Workforce Development: Institutional strategies and initiatives to attract underrepresented students into elite courses; Elana Curtis, Te Kupenga Hauora Mori.- Chapter 7. Social Inclusion or Social Engineering? The politicl3
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