Sole Parent Students and Higher Education Gender, Policy and Widening Participation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hook, Genine A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Gender identity in education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Education and state.; Higher Education.; Education Policy.; Sociology of Education.; Gender and Education.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: VIII, 192 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137598875

This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative personal and social good and this book contributes new thinking to understanding why a university education remains elusive for many students.