The experience of being first in family at university : pioneers in higher education /

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Author / Creator:King, Sharron, author.
Imprint:Singapore : Springer, 2019.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 113 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:SpringerBriefs in education, 2211-1921
SpringerBriefs in education,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11981779
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Other authors / contributors:Luzeckyj, Ann, author.
McCann, Ben, author.
ISBN:9789811509216
9811509212
9789811509209
9811509204
9789811509223
9811509220
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 29, 2019).
Summary:"This book provides an in-depth analysis of what it means to be the first in family at university. It examines the factors that influence first in family students' decisions to enrol, attend and continue at university, and how their hopes, dreams and ambitions for the future affect their university experience. Using survey data and semi-structured interviews, the book offers valuable and far-reaching insights into the first in family student experience, and provides recommendations for future practice at the national and institutional level for teaching and professional staff as well as for first in family students. As universities face intense competition for students and growing economic constraints due to funding cuts and increasing costs, this book comes at a critical time."
Other form:Print version: 9811509204 9789811509209
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-15-0921-6