Family background and university success : differences in higher education access and outcomes in England /

Why do fewer teenagers in England from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than young people from better-off families? Once at university, how well do poorer students fare compared with other students - who drops out from university and who gets the best degrees? What really has been the impa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Crawford, Claire (Autor), Dearden, Lorraine (Autor), Micklewright, John (Autor), Vignoles, Anna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > England.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > England.
Academic achievement > Social aspects > England.
Academic achievement > Economic aspects > England.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect économique > Angleterre.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect social > Angleterre.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
Academic achievement > Economic aspects.
Academic achievement > Social aspects.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
England.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables. Family background and university success: what are the issues?
  • Why and how do governments fund higher education?
  • How is university teaching funded in England?
  • Have recent funding reforms widened the family background gaps?
  • What is the role of prior attainment?
  • When and how to intervene to increase university attendance?
  • Is getting pupils from poorer background through the doors enough?
  • Do socio-economic differences persist beyond university?
  • What do we conclude? Name index
  • Subject index.

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