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As the World Turns: Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice
Walter Allen
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Description for As the World Turns: Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice
Hardback. Examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world. This volume compares discriminated, underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal factors related to persistent inequality. Editor(s): Allen, Walter; Bonous-Hammarth, Marguerite; Teranishi, Robert T. Series Editor(s): Camp-Yeakey, Carol. Series: Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis. Num Pages: 500 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 880.
As the World Turns examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world: access to higher education remains a persistent problem for disadvantaged students around the world; universities that are highly segregated by race, culture, language, nationality, or immigration status have lower achievement for disadvantaged students - who are also more often targets of discrimination. This volume compares discriminated, underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal factors related to persistent inequality. Through a consortium of international scholars, the chapters present studies on minority student experiences and achievement, ... Read more
As the World Turns examines two of the major problems confronting higher education in this modern world: access to higher education remains a persistent problem for disadvantaged students around the world; universities that are highly segregated by race, culture, language, nationality, or immigration status have lower achievement for disadvantaged students - who are also more often targets of discrimination. This volume compares discriminated, underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal factors related to persistent inequality. Through a consortium of international scholars, the chapters present studies on minority student experiences and achievement, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Advances in Education in Diverse Communities: Research Policy and Praxis
Condition
New
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780526409
SKU
V9781780526409
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