Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The 21st century has witnessed significant changes to the structures and policies framing Higher Education. But how do these changes in norms, values, and purpose shape the generation now coming of age? Employing a generational analysis, this book offers an original approach to the study of education. It explores the qualitative dimensions of the relationship between academics and students, and examines wider issues of culture and socialisation, from tuition fees and student mental health, to social mobility and employment. This is a timely contribution to current debates about the University and an invaluable resource for those interested in education, youth, and intergenerational relations.
Synopsis
Employing a generational analysis, this book offers an original approach to the study of Higher Education and documents the changing nature of the relationship between academics and students.
Examining wider issues of culture and socialization, from tuition fees and student mental health, to social mobility and employment, this is a timely contribution to current debates about the University.
Synopsis
This book documents the key characteristics of the English student (and graduate) experience in the context of wider social, economic, political, and cultural changes over time. It explores the role of the academic within this context, and the ways in which the relationship between academic and student is affected by changing perceptions of the role and meaning of higher education. Above all, it explores what these changes mean for the new generation with regard to their transition to adulthood: how the young people of today shape, and are shaped by, the context of 21st century higher education.