This article introduces the concept of epistemic positioning to theorize the relationship
between identity-based epistemic judgements and the reproduction of social inequalities …

This article examines the role of education in alleviating poverty in a context of high rates of
income inequalities. It will argue that despite public attention on the incomes of top earners …

Social Inequality and Social Stratification in US Society uses a historical and conceptual
framework to explain social stratification and social inequality. The historical scope gives …

The focus is on the micro-possibilities of student capabilities formation as the end of public-
good higher education, rather than on a systems or organizations approach more commonly …

Vaccines and treatments produced during the global coronavirus crisis demonstrated the
importance of university research and teaching. There was widespread celebration of …

The advent of massive open online courses and online degrees offered via digital platforms
has occurred in a climate of austerity. Public universities worldwide face challenges to …

In recent decades, increasing participation in science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) has emerged as a globally shared policy objective in higher education …

In the Anglophone jurisdictions, higher education policy is over-determined by economic
policy and subjected to neoliberal regulation based on quasi-market competition between …

Widening participation in England has been framed around two primary needs; raising
attainment and raising aspiration. Whilst aspiration is complex, policy definitions often frame …

Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews conducted in four public universities as part of an
international comparative project, we examine the cultural, political, social and economic …