Community Matters : The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education EPUB

by Jennifer Gore, Sally Patfield, Leanne Fray, Jess Harris

Part of the Local/Global Issues in Education series

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Working towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system.

Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young Peopleâ€™s Aspirations for Higher Education offers a new lens on equity of access. The policy focus, nationally and globally, on widening participation for under-represented target groups too readily treats such groups as if they have a singular voice, a singular history, and a singular set of concerns. Drawing on the perspectives of Australian school students, their parents/carers, teachers, and a vast array of residents from seven diverse communities, this book uses the lens of â€˜communityâ€™ to reframe inequitable access. It does so by recognising the complex social and cultural forces at play locally that shape how young people form and articulate their post-school futures.

In light of unprecedented challenges facing the higher education sector, this book interrogates dominant understandings of â€˜widening participationâ€™ and â€˜aspiration,â€™ and offers timely insights about the broader economic, social, and cultural backdrop of aspiration formation. It is a valuable resource for academics and students interested in the sociology of higher education and for practitioners working at the forefront of equity policy and practice.ã€€

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