Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9780367894993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 120 str.

Australia) Harris Jess (University of Newcastle

Opis

This book offers an innovative perspective on the question of access to higher education. It explores how young people’s aspirations are both formed within and shaped by the communities in which they live.

Spis treści

1.Introduction 2. Conceptualising community 3. When university is taken-for-granted: The pressures of social reproduction and mobility 4. When access to university campuses is not enough: The possibility and desirability of higher education 5. On the (im)possibility and (un)desirability of raising university aspirations in rural communities 6. Shaping student aspirations: Why community matters Appendix 1, Appendix 2