Student affairs : experiencing higher education / edited by Lesley Andres and Finola Finlay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andres, Lesley.

Finlay, Finola, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--British Columbia.

College students.

Education, Higher--British Columbia.

Education, Higher.

Academic achievement--British Columbia.

Academic achievement.

College environment--British Columbia.

College environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection reveals how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to achieve equitable access and inclusion.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Student Affairs; Introduction: Today's Post- Secondary Students - Adding Faces to Numbers; 1 Equity in Access and Outcomes: Succeeding along the Science Pipeline; 2 It's No Five O'Clock World: The Lived Experience of Re/entering Mothers in Nursing Education; 3 A Tunnel of Hope: The Experiences of Student- Mothers Attending a Community- College- Based Developmental Studies Program; 4 Visitors in the Classroom: The Academic Experiences of Students Who Are Hard of Hearing; 5 Disciplinary Affiliation and the Experience of Community among Undergraduate Students

6 Co-op Education: Access to Benefits or Benefits to Access?7 The Four Rs Revisited: Some Reflections on First Nations and Higher Education; 8 Welcome to Canada? The Experiences of International Graduate Students at University; 9 The Transition from High School to Post- High- School Life: Views of the Class of ' 88; Conclusion: From Research to Action; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7748-5131-7

OCLC:

81435381