Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education

'Work and the experience of learning in Higher Education are changing dramatically on a global scale. This insightful and comprehensive collection addresses those changes and provides an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand them. Drawing on a variety of disciplines and perspectives the handbook is the perfect starting point for undergraduate and masters courses on contemporary Higher Education.'

Stephen J. Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education, University College London, UK

'This volume offers a foundational contribution to the field. The second edition reflects an impressive array of topics, thereby elucidating significant issues, debates, and transformations underway in higher education. The insights and information conveyed in these thoughtful chapters will be valuable for those who study higher education as well as participants in the enterprise writ large.'

Patricia J. Gumport, Professor of Education, Director of the Stanford Institute for Higher Education Research and the founding Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs at Stanford University, USA

'The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education provides a valuable and authoritative account of scholarship in the sociology of higher education today. Making clear the developments and trends in higher education, the volume situates them within established ways of conceptualising and understanding the field, and will make a valuable reference point for scholars of higher education and those who work in the sector.'