Managing equal opportunities in higher education : a guide to understanding and action
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Managing equal opportunities in higher education : a guide to understanding and action
(SRHE and Open University Press imprint / general editor, Heather Eggins)
Society for Research into Higher Education : Open University Press, 2000
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780335195602
Description
* How can universities and colleges realistically 'manage' the delivery of equal opportunities for both students and staff?
* How can institutional and structural inequalities be redressed?
* What is the role of higher education managers in realizing the goal of widening participation and what strategies can be employed to achieve that goal?
* What examples of good practice already exist which could be adapted to suit the specific environments of different institutions?
In a lively mix of personal experience, theoretical debate and case study material this book articulates the tension which often exists between theory and practice, good intentions and hard reality; and it offers concrete suggestions about how such tensions can be and have been reconciled successfully in a significant number of higher education institutions. Its hands-on style makes it invaluable for both experienced and new managers who are responsible for the implementing and monitoring of effective equal opportunities policies; and it will also be important reading for scholars and students interested in public sector cultures.
Table of Contents
/f002Part One: Overview
Introduction
Why should universities bother with equal opportunities? A vice-chancellor's view (Graham Upton)
/f002Part Two: Some specifics on /f004un/f002equal opportunities
Gender: students
Gender: staff
Ethnicity
Disability
Sexual orientation
Social class and mature entrants (John Bird)
/f002Part Three: Institutional measures to promote equality of opportunity
The role of senior management
The role of middle management
Conclusions
Index.
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: hbk ISBN 9780335195619
Description
How can universities and colleges realistically "manage" the delivery of equal opportunities for both students and staff? how can institutional and structural inequalities be addressed? what is the role of higher education managers in realizing the goal of widening participation and what strategies can be employed to achieve that goal? what examples of good practice already exist which be adapted to suit the specific environments of different institutions? In a lively mix of personal experience, theoretical debate and case study materials this book articulates the tension which often exists between theory and practice, good intensions and hard reality; and it offers concrete suggestions about how such tensions can be and have been reconciled successfully in a significant number of higher education institutions. Its hands-on style makes it valuable for both experienced and new managers who are responsible for the implementing and monitoring of effective equal opportunities policies; and it will also be important reading for scholars and students interested in public sector cultures.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Overview: introduction
- why should universities bother with equal opportunities? a vice-chancellor 's view. Part 2 Some specific on unequal opportunities: gender - students
- gender - staff
- ethnicity
- disability
- sexual orientation
- social class and mature entrants. Part 3 Institutional measures to promote equality of opportunity: the role of senior management
- the role of middle management.
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