221 pages
209mm x 147mm
ISBN 1 8978989 40
January 2001

Access to higher education and training is a global issue, but as widening participation becomes increasingly important we need to evaluate where we are and what has been acheived to date. In this edited collection, practitioners, researchers and policy makers from Europe, Africa, Australia and the U.S, reflect on how far the access agenda has progressed and where it needs to go next.
Covering a wide range of perspectives, tracing historical and international patterns, exploring national trends and deconstructing specific discourses and initiatives, this book is essential reading for all those concerned with international questions of education and social justice in the twenty-first century.
Liz Thomas is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Institute for Access Studies at Staffordshire University, UK. Michael Cooper is Director of the International Office at Karlstad University, Sweden. Jocey Quinn is Research Fellow at the Institute for Access Studies.