Access to Higher Education

Graeme Atherton is Head of AccessHE and Director of National Education Opportunities Network, UK. He has been active as a researcher, practitioner and manager in the field of widening access to higher education since 1995. He is also Visiting Professor in Higher Education and Social Mobility Practice at London Metropolitan University and has spoken in over ten countries on widening access including Australia, the USA and Canada.

• Introduction1. Canada: Access at the Crossroads; Diana Wickham2. Marching in the rain: The TRIO Programme and the Civil Rights Legacy in the US; Ngondi Kamatuka3. Access and Retention in Higher Education in Colombia: The Case of the Children's University EAFIT; Isabel Cristina Montes Gutierrez and Ana Cristina Abad4. Changing a Mindset: How Germany is Trying to Combine Access and Equity; Julia Mergner, Shweta Mishra and Dominic Orr5. Extending Equity in Higher Education in an Equitable Society: The Finnish Dilemma; Ari Tarkiainen6. United Kingdom: The Access to Higher Education Nation; Graeme Atherton7. Realities and Aspirations: How Access to Higher Education is Contributing to Nation-Building in Malaysia; Glenda Crosling, Mien Wee Cheng and Ruma Lopes8. Expanding Higher Education in India: the Challenge for Equity; Manasi Thapliyal Navani9. National Access to Policies for Higher Education in China: Creating Equal Opportunities in Education; Baocun Liu and Yang Su10. Access to Higher Education in South Africa: Addressing the Myths; Ncedikaya Magopeni and Lullu Tshiwula11. Making Commitment Concrete: Policy and Practice in Access to Higher Education in Ghana; Joseph Budu12. Evolution or Revolution: The 3 Ages of Access in Australia; Margaret Heagney and Fran FarrierConclusions: The Age of Access.

Highly informative and thought provoking. For readers seeking an anchor text for a comparative systems of higher education course, this is the perfect choice.