Perspectives on Access to Higher Education - 9781787569942

Emerald Publishing Limited

Perspectives on Access to Higher EducationPractice and Research\nAuthor(s): Sam Broadhead, Rosemarie Davies, Anthony Hudson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781787569942, 978-1787569942\nSynopsis\nAccess education has been through many changes since its beginnings in the late 1960s. Recent shifts in the academic landscape including standardization, grading, and new tensions in higher education raise difficult questions for educators regarding the future of access [url] book critically examines various aspects of Access education from a historical perspective. It proposes that there are particular 'Access' values that are shared by practitioners that can be at odds with the needs of higher education. Wider questions concerning funding and accountability underpinned by neoliberalism have also had an impact on Access education. The authors, practitioners and researchers of Access education, gather t.