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Attitudes and Mindsets HEIs Opportunity to Combat Social Exclusion Michael Cooper

Attitudes and Mindsets HEIs Opportunity to Combat Social Exclusion Michael Cooper European Access Network. Two views regarding widening access to HE. Two views regarding widening access to HE - Access has a positive effect on quality. Two views regarding widening access to HE

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Attitudes and Mindsets HEIs Opportunity to Combat Social Exclusion Michael Cooper

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  1. Attitudes and Mindsets HEIs Opportunity to Combat Social Exclusion Michael Cooper European Access Network Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  2. Two views regarding widening access to HE Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  3. Two views regarding widening access to HE - Access has a positive effect on quality Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  4. Two views regarding widening access to HE - Access has a positive effect on quality - Access has a negative effect on quality Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  5. What do we mean by access? Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  6. What do we mean by access? - Providing an opportunity for all groups to complete appropriate and relevant higher education Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  7. Why access? Three arguments - Intellectual – diversity of ideas - Moral - the idea of an egalitarian society - Pragmatic – good for business Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  8. What do we mean by quality? Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  9. What do we mean by quality? - Quality is always relative to something. Students, staff, curricula, institutions are always measured against a norm. Thus quality involves standards, either perceived or imagined. Sometimes it is simply in the eye of the beholder. Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  10. Why do some claim that access and quality are incompatible? Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  11. Why do some claim that access and quality are incompatible? - Access means alterative admission requirements, lower standards, more academic support, longer study periods Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  12. Result: - Perception of an erosion of quality - Reputation suffers - Ranking level drops - Institution attracts fewer students - Institution loses income Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  13. Is this true? Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  14. Is this true? - Quality becomes ranking - Reputation becomes a stand-in for excellence - The ranking system becomes the standard Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  15. Two false assumptions: - There is no distinction between entry quality and exit quality - One ranking system fits all. Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  16. What then is needed to change this? Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  17. What then is needed to change this? - Primarily a shift in the attitudes and mindsets of academics, politicians, the community and the market Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  18. What then is needed to change this? - Primarily a shift in the attitudes and mindsets of academics, politicians, the community and the market - Resources Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  19. HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  20. HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community - Change the culture of the campus and institution Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  21. HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community - Change the culture of the campus and institution - Provide academic and social services adapted to the needs of the students Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  22. HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community - Change the culture of the campus and institution - Provide academic and social services adapted to the needs of the students - Provide students with the guidance needed to access the labour market Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  23. In other words, we need to change the mission of the institution to incorporate a social dimension in everything it does in recruitment, teaching, student support, research, cooperation with the community, career guidance etc. Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  24. For further information www.edu-ean.org Michael.Cooper@telia.com Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

  25. Thank you Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar

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