Retreat or Resolution?: Tackling the Crisis of Mass Higher Education
Peter Scott
Abstract
Although higher education in the United Kingdom has expanded opportunities for much of the population, in many ways it remains stubbornly elitist. In order to address this crisis in education, this book examines the development of mass higher education and proposes a ‘radical escape-forward’. The book 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, the book makes an important contribution to current ... More
Keywords: mass higher education, democratic accountability, UK economy, United Kingdom, elitist, education reform, education crisis
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 | Print ISBN-13: 9781447363293 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: May 2022 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447363293.001.0001 |
