Identity and Difference in Higher Education

Section 1 Identity and difference in higher education - the context: identity and difference - concepts and themes, Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams; mass higher education - the construction of difference, Jenny Williams and Jane Abson; mass higher education - feminist pedagogy in the learning society, Louise Morley. Section 2 Students in post-compulsory education: "I'm doing it for all of us" - gender and identity in the transition to higher education, Sue Webb; education - whats in it for mature women?, Janet Parr; disabled women enter the academy, Carol Thomas; insiders and/or outsiders - black female voices from the academy, Shirin Housee; negotiating identities - women's studies students, transferable skills and learning outcomes, Pat Green; narratives of a gendered self - class, interiority and women's educational desires, Pam Lunn. Section 3 Reflections from feminist academics - researching and teaching in HE: "isn't he good, but can we take her seriously?, Gayle Letherby and John Shields; divided loyaties - class identity and higher education, Pauline Anderson; black women in ivory towers - racism and sexism in the academy, Cecily Jones; surviving the academic alienation of black women, Annecka Marshall; common beginnings, differing conclusions, Pauline Anderson and Jenny Williams,