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A qualitative exploration of psychological, sociological, and economic benefit-cost considerations in the postsecondary decision-making process of lower-income Australian youth.

机译:对低收入澳大利亚青年的中学后决策过程中的心理,社会学和经济利益成本因素的定性探索。

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This study is an examination of the process by which adolescents from low-income families evaluate the benefits and costs of going to college, and how that process is influenced by internal and external factors including individual traits; personal psychology; and various social, cultural, and political institutions and experiences. The study was conducted in the Australian context, where a federal program called the Higher Education Contribution Scheme substantially reduces the up-front price of college by allowing students to defer all tuition until graduation or departure, at which point fees are repaid through an income-contingent tax. The study employs a benefit-cost conceptual framework that is informed by human capital theory and draws on both the sociological and economistic traditions in college choice research.; The data consisted of interviews conducted with 28 individuals in the Australian state of Victoria in mid-2004. Of the 28 participants, 14 "Goers" were enrolled in their first or second year of university study. The other 14 were "Non-Goers" engaged in some alternative activity, including apprenticeships, technical and vocational training, full-time employment, and military service. Participants came from families where no parent or older sibling had earned a bachelor's degree. Interview data was coded using the constant comparative method generally associated with grounded theory.; Participants identified various benefits and costs they considered when making the decision whether to go to college. Present benefits included the consumption value of higher education and the experience of personal change and transformation. Future benefits were related to one's job or career, and the status, recognition, and approval from others that accompanied a degree. Present costs named by participants included enrollment expenses such as fees, books, housing, and transportation; various opportunity costs; lifestyle changes, including separation from family and friends; and miscellaneous psychological costs. Future costs focused on the financial indebtedness incurred through deferred tuition, and the general risk and uncertainty of college outcomes.; After summarization of interview themes and discussion of the emergent benefit-cost framework, the data is analyzed in three parts: (1) a comparison of the benefit/cost calculations conducted by Goers and Non-Goers; (2) a reexamination of human capital theory in light of the themes and perspectives gleaned from the interview data; and (3) an evaluation of the efficacy of the proposed benefit-cost model in explaining the college choice process as experienced by the 28 participants in the study. The study concludes with implications for higher education in the United States.
机译:这项研究检查了低收入家庭青少年评估上大学的收益和成本的过程,以及该过程如何受内在和外在因素(包括个人特征)的影响;个人心理;以及各种社会,文化和政治机构和经验。这项研究是在澳大利亚进行的,一项名为“高等教育贡献计划”的联邦计划通过允许学生将所有学费推迟到毕业或离职,从而通过降低收入来偿还学费,从而大大降低了大学的前期价格。或有税。该研究采用了一种基于人力资本理论的利益成本概念框架,并借鉴了大学选择研究中的社会学和经济学传统。数据包括2004年中对澳大利亚维多利亚州的28个人进行的访谈。在28名参与者中,有14名“参与者”进入了大学学习的第一年或第二年。另外14名是“非行人”,从事一些另类活动,包括学徒制,技术和职业培训,全职工作和兵役。参与者来自没有父母或同龄兄弟姐妹获得学士学位的家庭。访谈数据使用通常与扎根理论相关的恒定比较方法进行编码。参与者确定了在决定是否上大学时要考虑的各种收益和费用。目前的利益包括高等教育的消费价值以及个人变革和转变的经验。未来的利益与一个人的工作或职业,以及与学位相关的其他人的地位,认可和认可有关。参加者列出的当前费用包括报名费用,例如学费,书本,住房和交通;各种机会成本;生活方式的改变,包括与家人和朋友的分离;和其他心理成本。未来的成本集中在因延期学费而产生的财务负债以及大学成果的一般风险和不确定性上。在总结了访谈主题并讨论了新出现的利益成本框架后,对数据进行了三个部分的分析:(1)比较Goers和Non-Goers进行的利益/成本计算; (2)根据访谈数据收集的主题和观点,重新审视人力资本理论; (3)评估拟议的利益成本模型在解释28名研究参与者所经历的大学选择过程中的功效。该研究结论对美国的高等教育产生了影响。

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  • 作者单位

    University of Michigan.;

  • 授予单位 University of Michigan.;
  • 学科 Education Higher.; Psychology Cognitive.; Sociology Individual and Family Studies.; Economics General.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2005
  • 页码 343 p.
  • 总页数 343
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 高等教育;心理学;社会学;经济学;
  • 关键词

  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:41:23

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