Sole Parent Students and Higher Education

Download or read book Sole Parent Students and Higher Education written by Genine A. Hook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how sole parents are constituted within university contexts, through social discourse and social policies. The gendered assumptions of female parental care-work are analysed as both constraining and enabling sole parent participation in higher education. Social welfare policies and the policies of university institutions are also considered as central to the experiences of sole parents who study at universities. This book explores the sense of belonging and engagement for sole parents in higher education with a view to challenging how universities engage with under-represented and diverse students. Equitable access to higher education is important as a potentially transformative personal and social good and this book contributes new thinking to understanding why a university education remains elusive for many students.