Degrees of Choice: Social Class, Race and Gender in Higher Education

"Degrees of Choice" provides a sophisticated account of the overlapping effects of social class, ethnicity and gender in the process of choosing which university to attend. The shift from an elite to a mass system has been accompanied by much political rhetoric about widening access, achievement-for-all and meritocratic equalisation. Drawing on an award-winning British Economic and Social Research Council funded study,this book gives a full and different picture, drawing on qualitative and quant…