Higher education internationally is in a state of transition and transformation, leading to an increase in the level of participation, and a consequent increase in number of non traditional and underprepared students.
Issues in Student Access.- Issues in Access Programmes.- A Survey of Programmes: Successes in Science Access.- Selection and the Identification of Potential.- Adjustment of Under-Prepared Students to Tertiary Education.- Lessons from Africa.- Research on Teaching and Learning in Access Courses.- Experimental Work in Science.- Language and Communicative Competence.- Conclusion.