Student affairs : experiencing higher education

Book

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

Andres, Lesley. (Added Author). Finlay, Finola, 1950- (Added Author).

Summary:

"This volume demonstrates how much institutional change has occurred in the social organization of postsecondary education, and how much more change is required to meet the challenge of equitable access and inclusion. The results, implications, and recommendations offered in each chapter will be readily transferable throughout North America and beyond."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0774811145
ISBN: 9780774811149
Physical Description: xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Foreword / Neil Guppy -- Introduction : today's post-secondary students -- adding faces to numbers / Lesley Andres -- 1. Equity in access and outcomes : succeeding along the science pipeline / Maria Adamuti-Trache -- 2. It's no five o'clock world : the lived experience of re/entering mothers in nursing education / Sharon Liversidge -- 3. A tunnel of hope : the experiences of student-mothers attending a community-college-based developmental studies program / Donna McGee Thompson -- 4. Visitors in the classroom : the academic experiences of students who are hard of hearing / Ruth Warick -- 5. Disciplinary affiliation and the experience of community among undergraduate students / Colleen Hawkey -- 6. Co-op education : access to benefits or benefits to access? / Garnet Grosjean -- 7. The four Rs revisited : some reflections on first nations and higher education / Michael Marker -- 8. Welcome to Canada? : the experiences of international graduate students at university / Regina Lyakhovetska -- 9. The transition from high school to post-high-school life : views of the class of '88 / Gabriel Pillay -- Conclusion : from research to action / Finola Finlay.