'How Are We Going to Do It?' An Exploration of the Barriers to Access to Higher Education amongst Young People from Disadvantaged Communities

Autor/inn/en	Scanlon, Margaret; Jenkinson, Hilary; Leahy, Pat; Powell, Fred; Byrne, Olive
Titel	'How Are We Going to Do It?' An Exploration of the Barriers to Access to Higher Education amongst Young People from Disadvantaged Communities
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 38 (2019) 3, S.343-357 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332 3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2019.1611467
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Access to Education; Higher Education; Disadvantaged Youth; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Status; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Paying for College; Academic Aspiration; Poverty Areas; Rural Urban Differences; Educational Attainment; Social Class; Labeling (of Persons); Self Efficacy; Ireland (Dublin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Studienfinanzierung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Labeling-Ansatz; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	The number of young people progressing to higher education (HE) in Ireland has grown significantly over the last three decades but inequality of access and participation remain a major policy challenge. This article sets out to explore the factors which impact on levels of participation in HE by young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, based on interviews and focus groups with 70 secondary school students and 25 parents in three case-study locations. In line with previous research, we found that financial considerations continue to have an important influence on decisions about whether to go on to higher education. The findings in relation to young people's aspirations and orientations to HE present a more complex picture. While the majority of students aspired to go on to HE, this was countered by a lack of confidence in relation to certain aspects of college life, both social and academic. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01