The Student-as-Consumer Approach in Higher Education and Its Effects on Academic Performance

Autor/inn/en	Bunce, Louise; Baird, Amy; Jones, Siân E.
Titel	The Student-as-Consumer Approach in Higher Education and Its Effects on Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 11, S.1958-1978 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bunce, Louise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1127908
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Academic Achievement; Consumer Economics; Student Attitudes; Self Concept; Academic Aspiration; Paying for College; Intellectual Disciplines; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulleistung; Konsumökonomie; Schülerverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Studienfinanzierung; Geisteswissenschaften; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Students studying at universities in England have been defined as customers by the government since the introduction of student tuition fees. Although this approach has been rejected by educators, there is a lack of empirical evidence about the extent to which students express a consumer orientation and its effects on academic performance. These issues were examined in the current study by surveying 608 undergraduates at higher education institutions in England about their consumer attitudes and behaviours in relation to their higher education, learner identity, and academic performance. The analysis revealed that consumer orientation mediated traditional relationships between learner identity, grade goal and academic performance, and found that a higher consumer orientation was associated with lower academic performance. Furthermore, responsibility for paying tuition fees and studying a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics subject were associated with a higher consumer orientation and subsequently lower academic performance. Implications for academic performance are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01