Low-Income Rural Youth Migrating to Urban Universities in South Africa: Opportunities and Inequalities

Autor/inn/en	Walker, Melanie; Mathebula, Mikateko
Titel	Low-Income Rural Youth Migrating to Urban Universities in South Africa: Opportunities and Inequalities
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 50 (2020) 8, S.1193-1209 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2019.1587705
Schlagwörter	Low Income Students; College Students; Student Experience; Rural Youth; Urban Universities; Rural to Urban Migration; Educational Opportunities; Barriers; Well Being; Social Capital; Student Adjustment; Academic Achievement; Social Support Groups; Foreign Countries; Disadvantaged; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Studienerfahrung; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Landflucht; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Sozialkapital; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Schulleistung; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In order to understand how students from low-income rural backgrounds in South Africa experience higher education and the opportunities and obstacles they encounter, the paper draws on two waves of interviews with 30 students currently studying at three large urban universities. Using concepts of capabilities and functionings, monetary resources and 'capitals', the paper outlines common factors which shape rural students' well-being and their agency in accessing an urban university. Student voices indicate the particular importance of being able to exercise the functioning of navigating and manoeuvring through unfamiliar and often intimidating institutions. The discussion also indicates that it is the intersection of rurality and low income which shapes, even if it does not over-determine, their lives at university. It is suggested that universities could do more to support these students' well-being, and to recognise the agency and admirable determination which students bring to the challenges they face. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01