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Family background and university success : differences in higher education access and outcomes in England / Claire Crawford, Lorraine Dearden, John Micklewright, Anna Vignoles.
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Crawford, Claire
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Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
xiii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Available Online
Oxford Scholarship - Oxford University Press: Economics and Finance
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LC67.68.G7 C73 2017
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Education, Higher
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Economic aspects
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England
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Education, Higher
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Social aspects
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England
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Academic achievement
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Social aspects
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England
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Academic achievement
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Economic aspects
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England
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Author
Dearden, Lorraine
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Micklewright, John
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Vignoles, Anna
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Summary note
Why do fewer teenagers in England from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than young people from better-off families? Once at university, how well do poorer students fare compared with other students - who drops out from university and who gets the best degrees? After university - who secures better jobs and higher pay? What really has been the impact on university entry of the controversial increases in tuition fees in 2006 and 2012, especially for students from poorer families? Is there no alternative to charging for university places and what do other countries do? What should governments, universities, and schools do to reduce the gaps in university entry and success by family background? And what advice can be given to families and young people themselves deciding between the costs and benefits of university? This book answers these questions using the latest available evidence, drawing on a wealth of data from administrative records of the school and university system and sample surveys of young people and their families. The authors' analysis of the situation in England is set against a background of evidence for other countries. The book provides much needed dispassionate analysis of issues that are at the forefront of both public policy and popular debate on higher education around the world today.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
List of figures
List of tables. Family background and university success: what are the issues?
Why and how do governments fund higher education?
How is university teaching funded in England?
Have recent funding reforms widened the family background gaps?
What is the role of prior attainment?
When and how to intervene to increase university attendance?
Is getting pupils from poorer background through the doors enough?
Do socio-economic differences persist beyond university?
What do we conclude? Name index
Subject index.
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Family background & university success
ISBN
9780199689132 (hardback)
019968913X (hardback)
LCCN
2016940972
OCLC
964539942
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