Higher education in diverse communities : global perspectives, local initiatives

Edited by Fran Ferrier and Margaret Heagney
London, Eng. : European Access Network in cooperation with Masaryk University Press, 2008.

ISBN: 9788021047174

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Book description
This book is a collection of papers that were presented at the EAN annual conferences in 2006 (Thessalonika, Greece) and 2007 (Galway, Ireland) and which have been revised and edited for publication. This volume focuses on the success of student from under-represented populations.
The mission of the EAN, which is to eliminate barriers to higher education - whether for reasons of gender, ethnic origin, nationality, age, disability, family background, vocational training, geographic location, or earlier educational disadvantage - has come sharply into focus in recent years in many European nations. As the only European wide, non-governmental organisation for widening participation in higher education, the EAN has seen a sharp uptick in the focus that is being applied by higher education leaders, ministers, and others on the concept of making access to higher education a key component of national qualifications frameworks and economic and social development goals.

About the author
Ms Margaret Heagney, Coordinator Student Equity Unit, Equity and Diversity Centre, Student and Community Services at Monash University.

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