Access to Higher Education and Disadvantaged Young People

By A. Forsyth, A. Furlong. 2003

144 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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In Education

1. C. Callender
2. A. Vignoles
3. Claire E. Crawford
4. J. Huisman
5. J. Jackson
6. Vicki Trowler
7. Stephen Wilkins
8. L. Dearden

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Vignoles
2. Vicki Trowler
3. Stephen Wilkins
4. J. Huisman
5. L. Dearden
6. C. Callender
7. Alissa Goodman
8. Claire E. Crawford

Citations in the corpus

• Students’ engagement in first‐year university (2008, unknown): “Many students from disadvantaged backgrounds, for example, experience significant culture shock on entering an institution whose practices and traditions are alien to them (Forsyth & Furlong, 2003).”
• Student engagement evidence summary (2010, background): “Many students from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds experience ‘culture shock’ on entering university (Griffiths, Winstanley and Gabriel, 2005; Forsyth and Furlong, 2003; Krause and Coates, 2008; Christie et al., 2008) .”
• The decision-making and changing behavioural dynamics of potential higher education students: the impacts of increasing tuition fees in England (2013, background): “A number of studies have concluded that financial concerns play a major role in the decision-making of students on whether or not to enter higher education (Knowles 2000 ; Archer, Hutchings, and Ross 2003 ; Forsyth and Furlong 2003 ).”
• Does the Fear of Debt Deter Students from Higher Education? (2005, background): “Measuring debt attitudes As suggested, qualitative studies have highlighted students’ complex web of attitudes towards money and strategies for debt avoidance in relation to participation in general (see Forsyth and Furlong, 2000, 2003b; National Union of Students, 2003).”
• Serious thoughts about dropping out in first year: Trends, patterns and implications for higher education (2005, unknown): “In the case of students for whom the university culture is alien ( Forsyth & Furlong, 2003 ), efforts may be needed to help shape realistic expectations whilst maintaining standards and quality in the student experience.”
• Widening participation in higher education: analysis using linked administrative data (2008, background): “…majority of the difference in HE participation rates of different groups, other barriers exist at the point of entry to university (see Connor et al. (2001), Forsyth and Furlong (2003), Haggis and Pouget (2002) and Quinn (2004) for barriers facing students from lower socio-economic backgrounds).”