Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility The Degree Generation /

• Main Authors: Bathmaker, Ann-Marie (Author), Ingram, Nicola (Author), Abrahams, Jessie (Author), Hoare, Anthony (Author), Waller, Richard (Author), Bradley, Harriet (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.

This book explores higher education, social class and social mobility from the point of view of those most intimately involved: the undergraduate students. It is based on a project which followed a cohort of young undergraduate students at Bristol's two universities in the UK through from their...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction: The Degree Generation. Higher Education and Social Class
• Chapter 2. Researching Class and Higher Education
• Chapter 3. Two Universities: One City
• Chapter 4. Getting In
• Chapter 5. Getting On
• Chapter 6. Getting Out
• Chapter 7. Narratives of Class and 'Race'
• Chapter 8. Conclusion. .