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Sole Parent Students and Higher Education: Gender, Policy and Widening Participation
Genine A. Hook
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Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative ... Read more
This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
386g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137598868
SKU
V9781137598868
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About Genine A. Hook
Genine Hook is Lecturer at La Trobe University, Australia. She continues to combine her sole parenting and academic work which reflects her feminist/queer positioning, advocating for alternatives of familial and kinship bonds.
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