Attitudes and Mindsets HEIs Opportunity to Combat Social Exclusion Michael Cooper European Access Network 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Two views regarding widening access to HE 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Two views regarding widening access to HE - Access has a positive effect on quality 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Two views regarding widening access to HE - Access has a positive effect on quality - Access has a negative effect on quality 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What do we mean by access? 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What do we mean by access? - Providing an opportunity for all groups to complete appropriate and relevant higher education 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Why access? Three arguments - Intellectual – diversity of ideas - Moral - the idea of an egalitarian society - Pragmatic – good for business 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What do we mean by quality? 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar 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. 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Why do some claim that access and quality are incompatible? 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Why do some claim that access and quality are incompatible? - Access means alterative admission requirements, lower standards, more academic support, longer study periods 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Result: - Perception of an erosion of quality - Reputation suffers - Ranking level drops - Institution attracts fewer students - Institution loses income 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Is this true? 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Is this true? - Quality becomes ranking - Reputation becomes a stand-in for excellence - The ranking system becomes the standard 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Two false assumptions: - There is no distinction between entry quality and exit quality - One ranking system fits all. 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What then is needed to change this? 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What then is needed to change this? - Primarily a shift in the attitudes and mindsets of academics, politicians, the community and the market 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar What then is needed to change this? - Primarily a shift in the attitudes and mindsets of academics, politicians, the community and the market - Resources 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar HEIs need to: - Develop and maintain a proactive approach to the community - Change the culture of the campus and institution 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar 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 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar 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 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar 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. 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar
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Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar Thank you 05/05/2019 Michael Cooper - UNeECC/CGU Seminar