ERIC Number: EJ1064011
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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What's in Their Baggage? The Cultural and Social Capital of Australian Students Preparing to Study Abroad
Green, Wendy; Gannaway, Deanne; Sheppard, Karen; Jamarani, Maryam
Higher Education Research and Development, v34 n3 p513-526 2015
Governments and educational institutions promote study abroad in the belief that it offers valuable learning experiences for all students. Yet studies suggest that equitable access to study abroad is more myth than reality. This study took a narrative approach supported by survey data to explore this issue at one Australian university. The survey indicated that the majority of students are effectively excluded from the university's Student Exchange Programme, and that those included generally have high cultural, social and economic capital. Interviews revealed how multiple dimensions of privilege typically work to make study abroad imaginable, affordable and do-able for some. These findings are complicated by one student's atypical narrative, which serves to raise further questions for research.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Study Abroad, Equal Education, Access to Education, Surveys, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Exchange Programs, Interviews, Socioeconomic Status, Parent Background, Educational Attainment, Family Financial Resources, Statistical Analysis, Parent Participation, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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