The university challenge : higher education markets and social stratification
by
Pugsley, Lesley.
Title
:
The university challenge : higher education markets and social stratification
Author
:
Pugsley, Lesley.
ISBN
:
9780754639879
Personal Author
:
Pugsley, Lesley.
Publication Information
:
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004.
Physical Description
:
p. cm.
Series
:
Cardiff papers in qualitative research
Series Title
:
Cardiff papers in qualitative research
Contents
:
1. Setting the scene -- 2. Change and the academy -- 3. Patterns of participation -- 4. Choice and class -- 5. Schools and choice -- 6. Families and choice -- 7. Parental roles, locality and choice -- 8. Myths, monsters and moving on -- 9. Exploring choice.
Abstract
:
"In the first comprehensive study of higher education markets and sixth form pupil choice, Lesley Pugsley argues that the annual burst of media-fuelled panic about university entrance leads to a misinformed rhetoric about the purpose and value of higher education." "This is a benchmark study, based on data from the 1997 cohort of students, who were the last to enter higher education under the 'Robbins 1963' banner of free education. Tracking a group of students throughout their sixth form careers, Pugsley provides a balanced account of the tensions experienced by the students, their parents and their teachers in an increasingly market-oriented higher education society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
College choice -- Social aspects -- Wales -- Longitudinal studies.
Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Wales.
Higher education and state -- Wales.
Social stratification -- Wales.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015755990 | 306.432 P978U 2004 | 1 |