Translating Student Diversity Within the German Higher Education System: How Universities Respond to the Political Discourse on Widening Participation

Julia Mergner examines how differently universities translate the idea of student diversity into their local context. How do universities respond to the institutional demand to deal with an increasingly heterogeneous student body? Julia Mergner examines the widening participation policy discourse from an organizational sociological perspective. The results show how differently universities translate the idea of student diversity into their local context and legitimize strategies, structures and practices for dealing with it.

• | Author: Dr. Julia Mergner
• | Publisher: Verlag Barbara Budrich
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9783966650892
• | ISBN-10: 3966650894