Retreat or Resolution?
Tackling the Crisis of Mass Higher Education
1st Edition
Published on 8. October 2021
228 pages
978-1-4473-6330-9 (ISBN)
Description
Although higher education in the UK has expanded opportunities for much of the population, in many ways it remains stubbornly elitist.
In order to address this crisis in education, Peter Scott, a leading expert and unique voice, examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a 'radical escape-forward'. He calls for more robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability.
Setting out a clear and radical programme for reform, this book makes an important contribution to current debates in education in the context of the evolution of the UK economy and wider society.
In order to address this crisis in education, Peter Scott, a leading expert and unique voice, examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a 'radical escape-forward'. He calls for more robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability.
Setting out a clear and radical programme for reform, this book makes an important contribution to current debates in education in the context of the evolution of the UK economy and wider society.
Reviews / Votes
"You could read Retreat or Revolution as a history book - a successful and readable one... But for me a short coda is the heart of the book - an exploration of higher education yet to come." Wonkhe"A multi-faceted book which provides multi-faceted contributions for a multi-faceted public." Minerva
"All are brilliantly summarised in Retreat or resolution? But to present the issues as solely national in relevance would be to sell the book short. Its arguments about the ambiguities and dilemmas of mass higher education have a larger worldwide resonance." Higher Education
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Illustrations
Not illustrated
File size
1,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6330-9 (9781447363309)
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Person
Peter Scott is (Emeritus) Professor of Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education. He has worked as a journalist and an academic and is currently Commissioner for Fair Access for the Scottish Government. Former Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University. Peter Scott was knighted in 2007 for services to education.
Content
1. A 'General Crisis'?
2. 'Post-War' to Post-Millennium
3. The Development of Mass Higher Education
4. Themes and Transformations
5. Higher Education Today
6. A Further Gaze
7. The UK in the 21st Century
8. COVID-19 Emergency and Market Experiment
9. What is to be done?
2. 'Post-War' to Post-Millennium
3. The Development of Mass Higher Education
4. Themes and Transformations
5. Higher Education Today
6. A Further Gaze
7. The UK in the 21st Century
8. COVID-19 Emergency and Market Experiment
9. What is to be done?
