(Un)Limited choice: analysing the strategic choices of first-in-generation students in neoliberal higher education

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dc.contributor.authorGuzman-Valenzuela, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorDarwin, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorFlanagan, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorAguilera-Munoz, Almendra
dc.contributor.authorGeldres, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:05:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:05:48Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn highly marketised higher education systems, massification has afforded greater access, particularly for first-in-generation students. Generally, this expansion has been fuelled by neoliberal ideologies that valorise the notion of choice and promise of social mobility. In this study, using interviews with 25 first-generation students, the issue of choice is critically examined in one of the earliest arenas of neoliberal experimentation: the Chilean higher education system. The study found that these first-in-generation students encountered complex and multi-levelled challenges in making higher education choices. Such choices were firmly anchored in differing levels of aspiration, and were strongly mediated by both family and school social capital. As a result, we propose an addition to traditional conceptions of choice: students (and their families) who act as strategic choosers. This outcome challenges the notion that first-in-generation students encounter unitary trajectories or equitable choices in encountering higher education.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01425692.2022.2080045
dc.identifier.eissn1465-3346
dc.identifier.issn0142-5692
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2080045
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93323
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000809786400001
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final949
dc.pagina.inicio930
dc.revistaBritish journal of sociology of education
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectFirst-in-generation students
dc.subjectneoliberal higher education
dc.subjectqualitative study
dc.subjectstrategic choosers
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ods04 Quality Education
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.odspa04 Educación de calidad
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.title(Un)Limited choice: analysing the strategic choices of first-in-generation students in neoliberal higher education
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen43
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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