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WAHEI project's recent reading group meeting - March 2026
The project's reading group held its most recent meeting in late March 2026. The group questioned "Can a theoretical framework designed for human development influence how we think about higher education outreach in India?
The group explored Hannon, Faas and O'Sullivan's paper "Widening the educational capabilities of socio-economically disadvantaged students through a model of social and cultural capital development" on widening educational capabilities for socio-economically disadvantaged students through social and cultural capital development. The capabilities approach moves beyond access as a numbers game — it asks whether students are genuinely equipped to convert opportunity into meaningful educational outcomes.
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