Socio-economic Status and School Types as the Determinants of Access to Higher Education

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dc.authorwosidBülbül, Tuncer/AAN-1162-2021
dc.contributor.authorBulbul, Tuncer
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:03:19Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:03:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to evaluate the impact of socio-economic status and the type of secondary school at which a student studied, on their access to higher education. The conceptual framework around this is discussed within the framework of Bourdieu's theory of reproduction. The study was carried out in two complementary stages where different research approaches were used. In this study we used sequential explanatory design as a mixed method strategy, which uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Based on the mixed model approach, our research involved two study groups. The study group, which was part of the quantitative research, consisted of 983 newly enrolled first year students at Trakya University, in 2017. The study group, which was used for the qualitative part of the research, consisted of 26 students from eight different faculties, two different colleges, and four different vocational schools affiliated with Trakya University, in the spring semester of the 2018 academic year. The quantitative data was collected by the Determinants of Access to Higher Education Survey, which had been developed by the researcher. A Chi-Square test was used to test whether students' opinions differ according to the departments (faculties and colleges) in which they study. Qualitative data was obtained through the focus group interview and analyzed using a descriptive analysis technique. The results of this study indicate that: 1) The socio-economic status of students, the quality of pre-higher education experiences, students' preparation process for higher education, and higher education decisions, are contingent on students' ability to be decisive and efficient. 2) There is a significant relationship between social class, as determined by the education level of the family, the parental profession, and family income, and the faculty/field of their higher education. 3) Lower class students and their families view higher education as a human capital investment which can help to improve their income and living conditions in the future. When the overall results of this research were evaluated we were able to understand that an individual's social, economic, and cultural capital, was the main determinant of access to higher education.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTrakya University Scientific Research Projects (TUBAP) Unit [2017/69]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by Trakya University Scientific Research Projects (TUBAP) Unit. (Project No: 2017/69).en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.15390/EB.2020.8755
dc.identifier.endpage333en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-1337
dc.identifier.issue205en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85123001440en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage303en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid419698en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15390/EB.2020.8755
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/419698
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/21591
dc.identifier.volume46en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000613522900015en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTurkish Education Assocen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEgitim Ve Bilim-Education And Scienceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectSocial Inequalityen_US
dc.subjectPierre Bourdieuen_US
dc.subjectSocial Classen_US
dc.subjectReproductionen_US
dc.subjectCultural Capitalen_US
dc.subjectEconomic Capitalen_US
dc.subjectSocial-Classen_US
dc.subjectInequalityen_US
dc.subjectChoiceen_US
dc.subjectStratificationen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectFieldsen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectRaceen_US
dc.titleSocio-economic Status and School Types as the Determinants of Access to Higher Educationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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