Students' Financial Concerns in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Mazhari, Tuba; Atherton, Graeme
Titel	Students' Financial Concerns in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Higher Education Quarterly, 75 (2021) 1, S.6-21 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mazhari, Tuba)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-5224
DOI	10.1111/hequ.12267
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Attitudes; Paying for College; Tuition; Fees; Student Loan Programs; Costs; Living Standards; Decision Making; College Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Studienfinanzierung; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Cost; Kosten; Lebensstandard; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Studienortwahl
Abstract	Focus groups were conducted to explore prospective students' perceptions of tuition fees, maintenance loans and how these impact their decision to engage with higher education. Views on rebranding of the term 'tuition fees' to 'student/graduate contributions/tax' and the introduction of differential fees for different courses were explored. Concerns around high living costs of being at university featured largely in conversations with students, and much more so than tuition fees. Students were averse to the idea of differential tuition fees which they felt could create an elitist system where only affluent students could access some high-cost subjects. There was little agreement with the concept of rebranding 'tuition fees' to a 'graduate contribution, or tax'. Overall knowledge of student finance, in particular tuition fees, was limited, which in turn led to doubts and anxiety around the concept of student finance overall. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01