"Some People Might Say I'm Thriving but?…": Non-Traditional Students' Experiences of University

Autor/inn/en	Meuleman, Anna-Maria; Garrett, Robyne; Wrench, Alison; King, Sharron
Titel	"Some People Might Say I'm Thriving but?…": Non-Traditional Students' Experiences of University
Quelle	In: International Journal of Inclusive Education, 19 (2015) 5, S.503-517 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3116
DOI	10.1080/13603116.2014.945973
Schlagwörter	Nontraditional Students; Student Experience; First Generation College Students; Foreign Students; College Freshmen; Focus Groups; Student Surveys; Neoliberalism; Rural Population; Higher Education; Psychological Patterns; Qualitative Research; Social Isolation; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienerfahrung; Studienanfänger; Schülerbefragung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Landbevölkerung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitative Forschung; Soziale Isolation; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	The expansion of neo-liberal policies' framing higher education has contributed to an increase in participation rates of students from non-traditional backgrounds. While an increase of a wider range of students might be seen as contributing to a more just and equitable higher education system, research has shown that broadening entry points does not necessarily ensure inclusion or positive experience for these students. This research investigated the experiences of first in family, rural and international students as they transitioned into their first year of university. Focus group interviews and surveys were used to collect data. Using Bourdieu's theory of field, habitus and capital as well as Weiss's dimensions of loneliness findings illuminate a number of poignant experiences for non-traditional students. We suggest that facilitating the transition for non-traditional students might require a cultural change by universities and a move away from the notion that the students need to "adapt" to university. Rather, the evolving university might provide for increasingly diverse student cohorts by embracing their habitus and unique features. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01