Product Description

Exploring the reality of access to higher education for working class and ethnic minority adults, this book contains the reflections of people on what held them back from engaging with further and higher education for so long. They go on to explain what eventually motivated them to aim for university and how they experienced life and study when they got there. The findings of this four-year action research project reveal paradoxes in current national policy and institutional practice on widening participation and indicate what needs to change if the chances of mature students from non-traditional backgrounds are to improve. The author shows how the diversity of non-traditional students' experience could be harnessed to promote learning and to improve the life chances of such students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #644556 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

Review
"Bowl's work provides an essential perspective that other work on policy and professional practice does not do, i.e. it focuses on life stories of students rather than experiences of the practitioner. However, the fact that it also tackles policy and practice make it well-rounded and invaluable to academic staff and those engaged ion policy. Education Review"

Customer Reviews

An amazing insight
This book is the most comprehensive account of the struggle that non-traditional students face in todays higher-education system. It shows the flaws in the system and offers an insight for practitioners who work with non-traditional students.

Excellent!!!