Williams, Jenny

Negotiating access to higher education: The discourse of selectivity and equity/ by Jenny Williams - xiv-p195

Includes appendix, references and index.

Contents 1.Access to higher education in the late twentieth century:Policy, powers and discourse --2.The discourse of access:The legitimation of selectivity --3.Number crunching:The discourse of statistics --4.Alternative students?Conceptualizations of difference --5.Institutional rhetorics and realities --6.Gatekeeping:Inclusionary and exclusionary discourses --7.Student voices:Alternative routes, alternative identities --8.Conclusions.

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BCir.378.161 / N31 1997