First Generation Entry into Higher Education: An International Study

By L. Thomas, Jocey Quinn. 2006

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List of tables Introduction to the book From a distance you can see more clearly: Developing an international methodology with local benefits for student access and success The access and success of students from lower socio-economic groups in higher education Conceptualizing first generation entry The potential impact of parental education on access and success in higher education Empirical exploration of the implications of first generation entry for higher education experiences National and institutional approaches to supporting first generation entrants The implications of first generation entry for redefining widening participation References Index

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First-generation students: what we ask, what we know and what it means: an international review of the state of research (2013, background): “They are aware that the chances of earning a stable income and avoiding unemployment are rising with higher education (Thomas & Quinn, 2007, p. 85).”
‘A real rollercoaster of confidence and emotions’: learning to be a university student (2008, background): “Undertaking this work took an emotional toll on the students, because it brought with it conflicting feelings about their membership of the university and their aged, classed and gendered identities (see Thomas and Quinn 2006).”
Student engagement evidence summary (2010, background): “They experience tensions between normative, essentialised notions of student identity and their experiences as ‘non-traditional’ students (Christie, Munro and Wager, 2005; Christie et al., 2008; Thomas and Quinn, 2006; Hughes, 2002; Waller, 2006) .”