Higher Education Decision-Making and Young People’s Horizons for Action in Scotland
Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective
ISBN: 978-1-78754-654-7, eISBN: 978-1-78754-651-6
Publication date: 9 May 2018
Abstract
Young people’s choice of higher education institution and subject are often assumed to take place in a social vacuum, ignoring the influence of family and friends. Despite a shift away from state funding of undergraduate higher education towards a cost-sharing model (Johnstone, 2004), little research has been carried out on family attitudes to debt, particularly in Scotland where home students do not pay tuition fees. This chapter explores how higher education decisions are made by Scottish domiciled students in the context of their families and the ways in which such decisions are mediated by social class.
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Minty, S. (2018), "Higher Education Decision-Making and Young People’s Horizons for Action in Scotland", Riddell, S., Minty, S., Weedon, E. and Whittaker, S. (Ed.) Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective (Great Debates in Higher Education), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 39-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78754-651-620181003
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