'Bettering Yourself'? Discourses of Risk, Cost and Benefit in Ethnically Diverse, Young Working-Class Non-Participants' Constructions of Higher Education.

Archer, Louise; Hutchings, Merryn

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Publication Date: 2000

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'Bettering Yourself'? Discourses of Risk, Cost and Benefit in Ethnically Diverse, Young Working-Class Non-Participants' Constructions of Higher Education.

Archer, Louise; Hutchings, Merryn

British Journal of Sociology of Education, v21 n4 p555-74 Dec 2000

Argues that higher education is a difficult choice for English working-class students and that the advantages and disadvantages of higher education are unequally distributed among members of different social classes. Presents a study of non-participant Londoners (n=109), ages 16-30, from a range of working-class backgrounds. Includes references. (CMK)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Educational Research, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Class, Universities, Working Class

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)

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