Widening Participation in Higher Education

List of Tables, Charts and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION: ISSUES IN WIDENING PARTICIPATION Introduction: Widening Participation in Contemporary Context; T.Hinton-Smith Changing Policy Discourses on Equity and Diversity in UK Higher Education: What is the Evidence?; M.David Widening Participation in Universities in England and Wales: Is There a Connection with Honours Degree Achievement?; M.Yorke Wider Still and Wider? A Historical Look at the 'Open-ness' of the Open University of the United Kingdom; A.Woodley PART II: ENGAGING WITH HIGHER EDUCATION AS A NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT: ACCESS AND MOTIVATION Good Students, Bad Pupils: Constructions of 'Aspiration', 'Disadvantage' and Social Class in Undergraduate-led Widening Participation Work; Y.Taylor Mature Women Students, Study Motivation and Employability; R.Woodfield Lone Parent Students' Motivations for and Hopes of Higher Education Engagement; T.Hinton-Smith PART III: NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 'Choosing a Student Lifestyle?' Questions of Taste, Cultural Capital and Gaining a Graduate Job; M.Stuart , C.Lido & J.Morgan Transformation or Trauma: The Transition to Higher Education of Non-traditional Students; P.Frame , L.Measor & P.Wilcox Non-traditional Adult Students: Access, Drop-out, Retention and Developing a Learner Identity; B.Merrill The Importance of Social Support Structures for Retention and Success; J.Field  & N.Morgan-Klein PART IV: WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS Widening Participation Trends in Sweden: Regulations and their Effects, Intended and Unintended; C.Berggren  & C.Cliffordson Trends in Widening Participation in French Higher Education; M.Moreau Widening Participation in Spanish Higher Education: Will the Current Reform Promote the Inclusion of Non-traditional Students?'; M.Padilla-Carmona Experiencing Higher Education in Ghana and Tanzania: The Symbolic Power of Being a Student; L.Morley Womenand Students of Colour as Non-traditional Students: The Difficulties of Inclusion in the United States; A.MacLachlan Widening Participation and 'Elite' Online Education: The case of the University of California; S.Earl-Novell Conclusion: Assessing Progress and Priorities in Widening Participation; T.Hinton-Smith Index