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Cathy Schofield – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
The UK cost-of-living increases from 2022 to 2023, referred to as the cost-of-living crisis, has had a sudden and unprecedented impact on students' ability to cope financially, leading many higher education students to take on work or increase their working or caring hours to make ends meet. Any increase in working commitments may impact on their…
Descriptors: Costs, Electronic Learning, Living Standards, Student Participation
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Gleason, Kristen D.; Dube, Matthew; Martin, Jennifer; Bernier, Elizabeth; Gipson, Jessica – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2023
Stable housing is an important determinant of health equity (Swope & Hernández, 2019). Yet, there are few studies exploring housing insecurity in rural areas. In the current study, we examined the similarities and differences in housing insecure experiences across four rural areas in the state of Maine. We used a qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Housing, Rural Areas, Health, Case Studies
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Mazhari, Tuba; Atherton, Graeme – Higher Education Quarterly, 2021
Focus groups were conducted to explore prospective students' perceptions of tuition fees, maintenance loans and how these impact their decision to engage with higher education. Views on rebranding of the term 'tuition fees' to 'student/graduate contributions/tax' and the introduction of differential fees for different courses were explored.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Paying for College, Tuition
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Lauren Blood; Francesca Ribenfors; Chris Hatton; Anna Marriott – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: People with learning disabilities have the right to choose where they live. However, evidence suggests people's choices are limited due to a shortage of housing. Methods: 200 Lives was a mixed methods research project, which evaluated supported living and residential care for people with learning disabilities in England; 107 people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Residential Care, Civil Rights
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Abdallah A. Alnajjar; Füsun Gülderen Alacapinar – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2024
The current study investigates the academic adaptation levels of international students and their motivations for pursuing higher education in Turkey. The study also aimed to compare the adaptation of international students in higher education in terms of various variables such as gender, age, duration in Turkey, education level, and university. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Academic Aspiration, Higher Education
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Stevens, Andrew – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Since the 1980s, research on employment conditions in post-secondary institutions has focused on the growth of contingent academic workers, or what the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) has labelled "non-full- time instructors" (Field, Jones, Stephenson, & Khoyetsyan, 2014). Very little attention, however, has been…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Salaries, Job Security, Family Work Relationship