Socio-economic status and participation in higher education: An investigation into entry pathway, course and retention

Jenny Chesters; Carol Lacroix

Socio-economic status and participation in higher education: An investigation into entry pathway, course and retention

Jenny Chesters, Carol Lacroix

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Despite the expansion of the higher education sector, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are under-represented in Australian universities. Although, disadvantage in secondary school educational attainment can, in part, be overcome by accessing university through alternative pathways, little research has examined the outcomes of these non-traditional students. Drawing on administrative data relating to an entire cohort of domestic students commencing undergraduate studies at one Australian university in 2007, this paper explores the relationship between pathway into university, course selection and retention. We find that there is a clear association between socio-economic background and pathway into university, between pathway into university and type of degree studied, and between pathway into university and attrition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2012 : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities
Editors	Lynda Cheshire, Alex Broom
Place of Publication	Queensland
Publisher	University of Queensland
Pages	1-9
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9780646587837
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Emerging and Enduring Inequalities - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 26 Nov 2012 → 29 Nov 2012

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Conference	Emerging and Enduring Inequalities
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	26/11/12 → 29/11/12

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Chesters, J., & Lacroix, C. (2012). Socio-economic status and participation in higher education: An investigation into entry pathway, course and retention. In L. Cheshire, & A. Broom (Eds.), The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2012 : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities (Vol. 1, pp. 1-9). University of Queensland. https://www.tasa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chesters-Jenny-Lacroix-Carol1.pdf

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Chesters, J & Lacroix, C 2012, Socio-economic status and participation in higher education: An investigation into entry pathway, course and retention. in L Cheshire & A Broom (eds), The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2012 : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities . vol. 1, University of Queensland, Queensland, pp. 1-9, Emerging and Enduring Inequalities, Brisbane, Australia, 26/11/12. <https://www.tasa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Chesters-Jenny-Lacroix-Carol1.pdf>

Socio-economic status and participation in higher education: An investigation into entry pathway, course and retention. / Chesters, Jenny; Lacroix, Carol.
The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association 2012 : Emerging and Enduring Inequalities . ed. / Lynda Cheshire; Alex Broom. Vol. 1 Queensland: University of Queensland, 2012. p. 1-9.

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