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.
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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 socialisation, this is a timely contribution to current debates about the University. around higher education.
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Introduction; Who are the Graduate Generation?;. Higher education: Another brick in the wall?; The New Model Academic: do we profess too much?; Family, friends, and cultural contradictions; Mental health and the undergraduate: presumptions of fragility; Growing up, moving on? Universities, knowledge, and adult identity; Conclusion.
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By employing a generational analysis, and focusing on the relationship between academic and student, this book offers an original approach to the study of education and socialisation which will fill a gap in the literature.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781529209778
Publisert
2020-03-13
Utgiver
Bristol University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
192

Biografisk notat

Jennie Bristow is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University. Sarah Cant is Principal Lecturer in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University. Anwesa Chatterjee is Research Assistant in the School of Psychology, Politics and Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University.