Compact for Higher Education

K. Moti Gokulsing, Cornel DaCosta

• Introduction; 1: The Idea of a Compact; 1: Realizing a Compact for Higher Education; 2: British Higher Education: Compacts or Contracts?; 2: The Political Economy of a Compact; 3: Quality Assurance: Champion or Servant of the Dearing Compact?; 4: Regulating the Masses: Quality and Equality in Higher Education; 5: A Compact for Higher Education: A Case Study of the Thames Gateway; 6: Understanding Today and Shaping Tomorrow: The Proper Role of University Research in the Social Sciences, But Under Siege – Towards a Compact for Social Sciences Research; 7: The Virtual University; 3: Towards a Compact for Inclusivity; 8: What Kind Of Place Is This? Cultures of Learning, Student Identities, and the Process of Disqualification in British Higher Education 1; 9: Equality, Inclusion and Higher Education (HE) for Students with Disabilities; 10: Still on the Margins: Towards a Compact between Higher Education and the Lower Socioeconomic Constituencies in Britain; 4: Contributions Towards a Compact: Perspectives from the Consumers; 11: Prospects for a Compact with the Learning and Skills Council; 12: Students Learn to Adapt; 13: The Rise of the Student-Worker; 14: Higher Education: Strategy and Perspectives. The contribution of the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to a Compact; 15: Higher Education in the Knowledge Age; 16: Conclusion