Ensuring success in public higher education among underrepresented students is integral to
social equity in the United States today. The current research contextualizes proximal and …

Existing ways of understanding the transformative potential of students' undergraduate
experiences either focus solely on the formal educational elements of these experiences or …

In knowledge-based societies, the importance of higher education in facilitating
employability is generally recognised. For universities, a key challenge is how to identify the …

There are currently over 35 million students within Europe and yet, to date, we have little
knowledge of the extent to which understandings of 'the student'are shared. A central aim of …

Amplified Advantage investigates the value and impact of today's small liberal arts colleges
through an extended examination of a recent cohort of students attending them. It …

Abstract In the United States, attending a selective liberal arts college is often a sign of
success. Human capital theory assumes graduates from these colleges share similar …

As leadership can be developed and practiced in multiple on‐and off‐campus contexts, this
chapter offers ways to make experiential opportunities more accessible to poor and working …

Myths about students in higher education pervade both popular and academic literature.
Such folklore thrives due to the belated development of systematic enquiry into higher …

Critical, and in particular Bourdieusian, sociology of education is often suspicious about
educators when they describe their ideal students. It tends to see these descriptions as …

Face veiling is relatively new in Indonesia. It is often stereotyped as a sign of extremism and
the growing Arabisation of Indonesian Muslims. It is also perceived as a symbol that …