Interpretive analysis of Policies and Practices for Social Inclusion at Higher Education Institutions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13879665Keywords:
Higher Education Institutions, Social Inclusion, Social ExclusionAbstract
Purpose: The research at hand was conducted as interpretive policy analysis to explore the foundations of social exclusion in higher educational institutions in Pakistan, prevailing in the presence of laws and policies of inclusion in place. Exclusion contributes to rising disappointment and loss of precious minds and lives in the shape of dropouts or life losses. A single dropout case due to exclusion cannot be ignored as it may discourage many others and further degrade the situation, affecting the younger generation's educational attainment.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The interpretive policy analysis demanded multiple data sources, there for the study included document analysis, desk review of available case studies, and interviews of key informants at five big universities with diverse student-population. Based on the factors given in literature and themes generated after the data analysis, implications of the phenomena of social exclusion were iterated.
Findings: University administration must consider the reported cases and devise a mechanism to improve the situation. Yet the higher education policies and institutional bylaws are neither responsive nor proactive to avoid exclusion in higher education.
Implications/Originality/Value: One major recommendation to improve the current scenario is to fill the communication gap between students and administration on the one hand; policy makers and institutional custodians on the other hand.
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