Student-as-Customer Discourse as a Challenge to Equality in Finnish Higher Education -- The Case of Non-Fee-Paying and Fee-Paying Master's Degree Students

Autor/inn/en	Plamper, Raakel; Siivonen, Päivi; Haltia, Nina
Titel	Student-as-Customer Discourse as a Challenge to Equality in Finnish Higher Education -- The Case of Non-Fee-Paying and Fee-Paying Master's Degree Students
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 (2023) 1, S.140-160 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Plamper, Raakel) ORCID (Siivonen, Päivi) ORCID (Haltia, Nina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2022.2121307
Schlagwörter	Fees; Comparative Analysis; Masters Programs; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Student Attitudes; Tuition; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Discourse Analysis; Social Differences; Foreign Students; Equal Education; Freedom; Foreign Countries; Commercialization; Student Characteristics; Cultural Context; Finland; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerverhalten; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Diskursanalyse; Sozialer Unterschied; Freiheit; Ausland; Finnland
Abstract	In market-oriented higher education (HE) systems, fee-paying students are positioned as customers, and studying is juxtaposed with service use. In this study, we investigate how students position themselves in relation to the student-as-customer discourse in Finnish HE, in which only students coming from outside the EU and EEA areas are charged tuition fees. We investigate the construction of the student-as-customer discourse in the narrative environment of Finnish HE through interviews with both international fee-liable and Finnish non-fee-paying master's degree students (n = 34). In addition, we analyse social differences that are constructed between fee-liable and non-fee-paying students in relation to the student-as-customer discourse. We argue that fee liability creates unequal positions for some international students and thus challenges the equality principles embedded in Finnish HE. Paradoxically, it was also found that the fee-liable student-customers have less freedom and fewer options than the non-fee-paying students. (As Provided).
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