{"product_id":"bridges-pathways-and-transitions-mahsood-shah-9780081019214","title":"Bridges, Pathways and Transitions: International Innovations in Widening Participation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBridges, Pathways and Transitions: International Innovations in Widening Participation\u003c\/i\u003e shows that widening participation initiatives and policies have had a profound impact on improving access to higher education to historically marginalized groups of students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe research presented provides a source of inspiration to students who are navigating disadvantage to succeed in higher education against the odds. There are stories of success in difficult circumstances, revealing the resilience and determination of individuals and collectives to fight for a place in higher education to improve chances for securing social mobility for next generations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book also reveals that more work and policy interventions are needed to further equalize the playing field between social groups. Governments need to address the entrenched structural inequalities, particularly the effects of poverty, that prevent more academically able disadvantaged students from participating in higher education on the basis of the circumstances of their birth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcross the globe, social reproduction is far more likely than social mobility because of policies and practices that continue to protect the privilege of those in the middle and top of social structures. With the gap between rich and poor widening at a rate previously unseen, we need radical policies to equalize the playing field in fundamental ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahsood Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0081019211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780081019214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chandos Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Mahsood Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48135907475711,"sku":"9780081019214","price":78.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a3796be4-0ef2-48a6-beee-2146c7fe3063.jpg?v=1770159246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bridges-pathways-and-transitions-mahsood-shah-9780081019214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}