Framing Higher Education: Questions and Responses in the British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-2010

Autor/inn/en	Mountford-Zimdars, Anna; Jones, Steven; Sullivan, Alice; Heath, Anthony
Titel	Framing Higher Education: Questions and Responses in the British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-2010
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34 (2013) 5-6, S.792-811 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2013.816040
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Attitudes; Social Attitudes; Surveys; Discourse Analysis; Educational Policy; Socioeconomic Status; Prediction; Educational Benefits; College Graduates; Professional Occupations; Educational Opportunities; Access to Education; Social Class; Government Publications; Gender Differences; Educational Legislation; Employment Opportunities; Correlation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Diskursanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Vorhersage; Bildungsertrag; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Berufsklassifikation; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Korrelation
Abstract	This article focuses on questions and attitudes towards higher education in the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series. First, we analyse the changing BSA questions (1983-2010) in the context of key policy reports. Our results show that changes in the framing of higher education questions correspond with changes in the macro-discourse of higher education policies. Second, we focus on the 2010 BSA survey responses to investigate how attitudes towards higher education are related to respondents' characteristics. Respondents' socio-economic position predicts attitudes towards higher education. Graduates and professionals are most likely to support a reduction in higher education opportunities, but those who have so far benefitted least from higher education are supportive of expansion. One interpretation -- with potential implications for social mobility -- is that those who have already benefited from higher education are most inclined to pull the ladder up behind them. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10