The Experience of Being First in Family at University Pioneers in Higher Education /

• Main Authors: King, Sharron (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Luzeckyj, Ann (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McCann, Ben (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Higher education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Higher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of what it means to be the first in family at university. It examines the factors that influence first in family students' decisions to enrol, attend and continue at university, and how their hopes, dreams and ambitions for the future affect their univers...

Table of Contents:

• 1 The Importance of Considering First in Family Students
• 2 Research Methods and Approach to Analysis within Chapters
• 3 Motivations and Ambitions
• 4 Managing Transition
• 5 Costs and Constraints
• 6 Health and Wellbeing
• 7 Forming and Transforming Identity
• 8 Conclusion: The Purposes of Higher Education for the FiF Student.