NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Showing all 3 results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Baxter, Arthur; Tate, Jim; Hatt, Sue – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
Recent widening participation policies have been subject to a number of criticisms; they focus on aspirations rather than differences in performance; they place less value on the aspirations of the "disadvantaged" comparing them to a middle class norm; they subordinate what was a radical agenda to the demands of the economy and so constrain the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hatt, Sue; Baxter, Arthur; Tate, Jim – Higher Education Quarterly, 2007
The persistence of the social class gap in higher education (HE) participation presents one of the biggest challenges for the English HE sector at the start of the 21st century. This paper considers the evidence collected by the Aimhigher partnerships in the South West of England to assess the progress towards closing the social class gap in HE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Social Class, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hatt, Sue; Hannan, Andrew; Baxter, Arthur – Higher Education Quarterly, 2005
This article draws on quantitative and qualitative data from two institutions to compare the student experience of those with and without bursary awards. Using the student life cycle model, the article examines the ways in which bursaries impact on the student experience before they enter the institution, in the early weeks of their studies and as…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Experience, Student Attitudes