Self-Selection from Higher Education: A Meta-Review of Resources for Academic Decision-Making of Mainstream and Underrepresented Students

Autor/inn/en	Vietze, Jana; van Herpen, Sanne G. A.; Dias-Broens, Aike; Severiens, Sabine E.; Meeuwisse, Marieke
Titel	Self-Selection from Higher Education: A Meta-Review of Resources for Academic Decision-Making of Mainstream and Underrepresented Students
Quelle	In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 27 (2022) 3, S.454-477 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vietze, Jana) ORCID (van Herpen, Sanne G. A.) ORCID (Dias-Broens, Aike) ORCID (Severiens, Sabine E.) ORCID (Meeuwisse, Marieke)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1359 6748
DOI	10.1080/13596748.2022.2076057
Schlagwörter	Decision Making; Higher Education; Disproportionate Representation; Mentors; Educational Attainment; Academic Aspiration; Academic Degrees; Student Attitudes; Meta Analysis; Educational Finance; Social Influences; Social Capital; College Choice; Context Effect; Counseling Services; Prevention; Intervention; Access to Education; Minority Group Students; First Generation College Students; Socioeconomic Status; Cultural Capital + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Schülerverhalten; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Bildungsfonds; Sozialer Einfluss; Sozialkapital; Studienortwahl; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Self-selection refers to the decision of qualified students to not pursue their highest possible educational degree, including higher education. In this systematic meta-review, we used the conceptual framework of college choice to identify resources or mechanisms for students' self-selection from higher education in international reviews and meta-analyses. In addition, we investigate whether underrepresented student groups (i.e., first-generation and cultural minority) experience unique resources and mechanisms for self-selection. Our narrative synthesis of international reviews and meta-analyses indicated that self-selection is related to financial, informational, social, aspirational resources in all contextual layers (i.e. individual habitus, school and community, higher education, socio-political context) of the conceptual framework of college choice. Whereas the family can help prevent self-selection by providing all four types of resources, school and higher education institutions can provide important information and social support through counselling and mentoring activities. For underrepresented groups, vertical and horizontal transmissions of social capital and experienced personal fit with the higher education environment may be of special importance for preventing self-selection. We conclude by discussing the potential of self-selection as concept for future interventions and research on widening access to higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01