Graduate citizens? : issues of citizenship and higher education / John Ahier, John Beck and Rob Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahier, John.

Contributor:

Beck, John, MA

Moore, Rob, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching (Higher)--Great Britain.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Great Britain.

Education, Higher--Great Britain.

Education, Higher.

College students--Great Britain--Attitudes--Case studies.

College students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Following the introduction of student loans and tuition fees, the situation of students and new graduates has changed considerably. Set in this context, Graduate Citizens is a thought-provoking, and insightful look at the current generation of students' attitudes towards citizenship and matters of social and moral responsibility.Drawing on small-scale case studies of students in two universities, the authors explore students' changing sense of citizenship against the backdrop of recent changes in higher education. It addresses students' approaches to being in debt, the role of the

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Citizenship in Britain: models and identities; 2 Prospects for social national citizenship in the United Kingdom; 3 Citizenship and the restructuring of higher education; 4 Citizenship themes in students' lives; 5 Citizenship, mutuality and civil society; 6 Conclusion: concerns, hopes and fears; Appendix: Student profiles; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-196) and index.

ISBN:

9781134517893

1134517890

9781134517909

1134517904

9781280113949

1280113944

9780203986899

020398689X

OCLC:

252963140