Del 22 - Research in Social Problems and Public Policy

Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvTed I. K. Youn,USA) Youn, Ted I. K. (Department of Educational Learning and Higher Education, Boston College,William R. Freudenberg

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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (RSPPP) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the sharpening and reshaping of scientific discourse involving the intersection of social problems and public policy. In particular, it is interested in the analysis of the potential failure of public institutions to fulfil their obligations to the broader society.Multidisciplinary in nature, Research in Social Problems and Public Policy presents important themes of: social/crime problems and their treatment; criminal justice; law and public policy; crime, deviance and social control; courts and diversion programs; therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice and alternative dispute resolution; law and society; substance use/abuse and treatment; health and society; and institutional interaction. The articles have a clear connection to the series’ main focus, lying at the confluence of social problems and public policy. This volume focuses on the democratization of higher education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-11-17
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt666 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieResearch in Social Problems and Public Policy
Antal sidor240
FörlagEmerald Publishing Limited
ISBN9781786352347

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Introduction - Ted I. K. YounThe Intersection Of Student Loans And Social Class: Exploring Borrowers' Journeys Into Debt And Repayment - Elissa Chin LuCooling Out And Leveled Aspirations Among Low-Income University Stem Students - Heather Haeger and Regina Deil-AmenPredictors Of Low-Ses Student Persistence From The First To Second Year Of College - Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, Rebecca D. Blanchard, Brian D. Reed and Amy K. SwanCountry roads take me …?: a cultural analysis of college pathways among rural, first-generation students - Sarah Elizabeth BeasleyThe Paradoxes Of Pathways From College Aspirations To Attendance - Karen D. Arnold and Katherine Lynk WartmanMapping Institutional Legitimacy In Meeting Of Expanding Demand For Education - Elizabeth Storrs

Youn presents readers with a collection of essays and articles investigating various paradoxes in the democratization of higher education. The six selections that make up the main body of the text are devoted to the intersection of student loans and social class, leveled aspirations among low-income university STEM students, predictors of low-SES student persistence from the first to second year of college, a cultural analysis of college pathways among rural and first-generation students, and other related subjects. The editor is a faculty member of Boston College in Massachusetts.