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University Engagement With Socially Excluded Communities (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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University Engagement With Socially Excluded Communities (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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This volume provides insightful analysis of the way higher
education engages with socially excluded communities. Leading
researchers and commentators examine the validity of the claim that
universities can be active facilitators of social mobility, opening
access to the knowledge economy for formerly excluded groups. The
authors assess the extent to which the 'Academy' can deliver on its
promise to build bridges with communities whose young people often
assume that higher education lies beyond their ambitions. The
chapters map the core dynamics of the relationship between higher
education and communities which have bucked the more general trend
of rapidly rising student numbers. Contributors also take the
opportunity to reflect on the potential impact of these dynamics on
the evolution of the university's role as a social institution. The
volume was inspired by a symposium attended by a wide spectrum of
participants, including government, senior university managers,
academic researchers and community groups based in areas suffering
from social exclusion. It makes a substantive contribution to an
under-researched field, with authors seeking to both shape
solutions as well as better diagnose the problem. Some chapters
include valuable contextual analysis, using empirical data from
North America, Europe and Australia to add substance to the debates
on policy and theory. The volume seeks to offer a defining
intellectual statement on the interaction between the concept of a
'university' and those communities historically missing from higher
education participation, the volume deepens our understanding of
what might characterise an 'engaged' university and strengthens the
theoretical foundations of the topic.
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