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Direct linkGale, Trevor; Parker, Stephen – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2015
This paper reports on a recent study of aspirations for higher education by secondary school students from disadvantaged backgrounds in regional Australia. At the same time, it goes in search of explanations that transcend a Bourdieuian account of aspirations as produced by and reproductive of cultural histories and dominance, given the apparent…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Disadvantaged, Secondary School Students, Higher Education
Sellar, Sam; Gale, Trevor; Parker, Stephen – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2011
Aspiration for higher education (HE) is no longer a matter solely for students and their families. With OECD nations seeking to position themselves more competitively in the global knowledge economy, the need for more knowledge workers has led to plans to expand their HE systems to near universal levels. In Australia, this has required the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance
