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Peter Scott examines the development of mass higher education and calls for robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability.

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1. A ‘General Crisis’? 2. ‘Post-War’ to Post-Millennium 3. The Development of Mass Higher Education 4. Themes and Transformations 5. Higher Education Today 6. A Further Gaze 7. The UK in the 21st Century 8. COVID-19 Emergency and Market Experiment 9. What is to be done?

Retreat or Resolution

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 08/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781447363286, 978-1447363286
      ISBN10: 1447363280
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Peter Scott examines the development of mass higher education and calls for robust action to secure fair access at all levels and changes in the governance and management at both system and institutional levels to ensure more democratic accountability.

      Table of Contents
      1. A ‘General Crisis’? 2. ‘Post-War’ to Post-Millennium 3. The Development of Mass Higher Education 4. Themes and Transformations 5. Higher Education Today 6. A Further Gaze 7. The UK in the 21st Century 8. COVID-19 Emergency and Market Experiment 9. What is to be done?

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