...Paul Greenbank Purpose This article analyses how higher education institutions (HEIs) have responded to government policy to increase the participation rates of students from lower social classes through their admissions policies. Design/methodology/approach The article uses documentary...

... in terms of abstract concepts. Aims to apply a dialectical analysis to the nature of change in organizations in order to highlight the fact that social class as an issue in management theory has become marginalized. Intends to argue that the application of laissez‐faire economics to welfare...

... aspect of schools that provides the context for an analysis of whether schools are successful or not. To analyse schools as organizations without regard to the issue of social class, and viewing government legislation to be “class blind” can only result in an inadequate analysis. In the 1960s...

..., it is a parental right. And finally, parents’ participation is part of the process of democratizing school governance (Kirner, 1982). © MCB UP Limited 1997 Australia Education Participation Schools Social class Teachers The 1980s was a turbulent era for schools worldwide...