The Attainment of Ethnic Minority Students in UK Higher Education

Autor/in	Richardson, John T. E.
Titel	The Attainment of Ethnic Minority Students in UK Higher Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 33 (2008) 1, S.33-48 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Graduates; Minority Groups; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; White Students; Racial Differences; Graduation Rate; Trend Analysis; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Access to Education; Majors (Students); United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ethnische Minderheit; Schulleistung; Ausland; Rassenunterschied; Trendanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Großbritannien
Abstract	Recent studies have suggested that academic attainment by ethnic minority graduates at UK institutions of higher education is lower than that by White graduates. This was confirmed using a database of all UK-domiciled graduates from UK higher education institutions in 2004-05. The trend was greater in older students than in younger students, in women than in men, in part-time students than in full-time students, and in some subjects and at some institutions than others. It was only partly explained by variations in the students' qualifications on entry into higher education. The available evidence suggests that these quantitative variations in academic attainment are not reflected in concomitant qualitative variations in the experience of higher education among students from different ethnic groups. It is premature to consider widening participation in terms of access to higher education until this is matched by parity in terms of educational outcomes. (Contains 8 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10