Family Background and University Success: Differences in Higher Education Access and Outcomes in England

by John Micklewright, Anna Vignoles, Claire Crawford, et al.

Why do fewer teenagers in England from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than young people from better-off families? Once at university, how well do poorer students fare compared with other students - who drops out from university and who gets the best degrees? After university - who secures better jobs and higher pay? What really has been the impact on university entry of the controversial increases in tuition fees in 2006 and 2012, especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019968913X
• ISBN13: 9780199689132
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"