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Autor/in | Fuller, Alison |
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Titel | Credentialism, adults and part-time higher education in the United Kingdom. An account of rising take up and some implications for policy. |
Quelle | In: Journal of education policy, 16 (2001) 3, S. 233-248Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Beigaben | Literaturangaben 50; Tabellen 5 |
Sprache | englisch; englische Zusammenfassung |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0268-0939 |
Schlagwörter | Empirische Untersuchung; Motivation; Finanzierung; Qualifikation; Studium; Studienwahl; Statistik; Studienfach; Teilzeitstudium; Hochschule; Weiterbildung; Erwachsenenbildung; Teilnehmer; Großbritannien |
Abstract | This paper focuses on, and helps to explain, the growing importance of higher level qualifications for adults in the UK. It highlights statistical trends in their take up of qualifications, particularly, as the result of taking part-time courses in higher education. Recent figures indicate that most part-time students at undergraduate level fund their own tuition fees: this finding is interpreted as an indicator of individual demand. The article goes on to draw on a qualitative study of mature students to identify some of the issues which lie behind the statistics. It is suggested that insights into the rising take up of HE can be gained from considering the backgrounds and perspectives of mature students themselves, their changing relationship to qualifying and how their return-to-study decisions relate to the contemporary socio-economic context. The paper concludes by reminding policy makers of the challenge of widening accecss to HE for disadvantaged groups. (DIPF/orig.) |
Erfasst von | DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main |
Update | 2002_(CD) |