Policy and practice in widening participation
A six country comparative study of access as flexibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11424987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Osborne (0000-0002-1609-385X, University of Stirling, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 43-58 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Lifelong Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-1370 • E-ISSN: 1464-519X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02601370304826 |
| OpenAlex | W2014735735 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 18 |
Widening participation to higher education (HE) is central to the educational policies of countries throughout the world, and takes the form of a range of types of intervention, which can be classified within a three-fold typology. Access as in-reach refers to those programmes that prioritize recruiting potential students into the institution—examples include adult Access courses and certain summer school provisions for school-leavers. Access as out-reach is typified by efforts to widen participation and involve partnerships with one or more of employers, schools and the wider community. Alongside in-reach and out-reach exist a number of initiatives that can neither be categorized primarily as either of these, but focus on transformations and adjustments to the structure, administration and delivery of HE programmes. The third category of Access as flexibility refers to systematic as against discrete provision and includes such structural arrangements such as the use of accreditation of prior learning (APL), open and distance learning and the use of information and communications technology (ICT). In this paper—based on research commissioned by the Scottish Executive—policies and practices from Australia, Canada, England, Finland and France are compared and analysed with particular focus being given to flexibility. The implications of these policies and practices and their potential transferability to Scotland are considered
Accreditation · Economic growth · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · Management · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Typology · Education Systems and Policy · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Learning Practices · Public Administration
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Validity of admission decisions based on assessment of prior learning in higher education
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Can ICT reduce social exclusion? The case of an adults' English language learning programme
Access to and Opportunity in Postsecondary Education in the United States
Access to higher education in the Czech Republic
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Equity, quality and efficiency effects of reform in Turkish higher education
Problems in Equalizing Access to Higher Education
Provision of public educational services and access to higher education among the Negev Bedouin Arabs in Israel
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Access and Alternative Futures for Higher Education
Providing higher education to socially disadvantaged populations
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.59 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |