Free Download Alexander Hensby, "Race, Capital, and Equity in Higher Education: Challenging Differential Academic Attainment in UK Universities "
English | ISBN: 3031516168 | 2024 | 315 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
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.