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Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education : Challenging Differential Academic Attainment in UK Universities

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This open access book examines the structural and cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap between white and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in UK universities. So-called ‘deficit’ approaches have long represented the orthodoxy in higher education strategy-making, yet they overlook the structural and institutional factors that reproduce attainment gaps. Whereas students already in possession of the right ‘academic capital’ are made to feel validated and empowered in their learning, BAME students – particularly those from working class backgrounds – may feel marginalised by dominant hierarchical cultures on campus.

This book provides an important and unique contribution to the study of racial equity in higher education. Its chapters provide a breadth and depth of analyses which help explain the roots of the attainment gap, while offering reflections and commentaries on the necessary steps that universities must take in order to ensure equityfor students from all backgrounds.

This book is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

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Palgrave Macmillan Cham : Springer International Publishing., 2024

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XXXVI, 279 hlm; ill., lamp.,

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9783031516177

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online resource

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1

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Higher Education,
Sociology of Education
Equality and Human Rights

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Examines cultural factors that explain the persistence of an attainment gap Provides an important and unique contribution to the study of racial equity in higher education Presents a breadth and depth of analyses which help explain the roots of the attainment gap

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Alexander Hensby, Barbara Adewumi

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https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51617-7

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51617-7

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