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The rise of agentic inclusion in the UK universities : maintaining reputation through (formal) diversification

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Baltaru, Roxana-Diana (2022) The rise of agentic inclusion in the UK universities : maintaining reputation through (formal) diversification. Studies in Higher Education, 47 (1). pp. 229-242. doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1739015 ISSN 0307-5079.

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Abstract

The pursuit of inclusion in elite universities has been widely explored from a structural lens concerned with issues of access faced by traditionally underrepresented students and staff. Building from a sociological institutionalist approach, this paper proposes the concept of ‘agentic inclusion’ to capture the growing valorisation of universities’ agency in the pursuit of inclusion, and the underlying shift from inclusion as ‘structural pursuit’ to inclusion as ‘organisational commitment’. Drawing on primary data mapping the presence of inclusion offices, units and teams across 124 UK universities as of 2018, and secondary data such as student and staff inclusion statistics, I show that elite universities are leading in the organisational display of inclusion, irrespective of the actual levels of inclusion across traditionally underrepresented students and staff. The findings call for further research into the gap between universities’ organisational commitments to inclusion and inclusion at the structural level and inform several policy recommendations.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Affirmative action programs in education -- Great Britain, Minorities in higher education -- Great Britain, Inclusive education -- Great Britain, Elite (Social sciences), Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Admission
Journal or Publication Title: Studies in Higher Education
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 0307-5079
Official Date: January 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
January 2022Published
19 March 2020Available
24 February 2020Accepted
Volume: 47
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 229-242
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2020.1739015
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education on 19 Mar 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03075079.2020.1739015
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 30 April 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 19 September 2021
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