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Sebastian Neumeyer; Gisela Will – Research in Higher Education, 2024
Given their lower socioeconomic background and achievement, immigrants and their descendants have been shown to make more ambitious decisions regarding educational transitions. While previous research has extensively analysed transitions within and after compulsory education, research on late transitions is scarce. This study focuses on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Grade 9, Learning Trajectories
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Grüttner, Michael; Schröder, Stefanie; Berg, Jana; Otto, Carolin – Global Education Review, 2018
In recent years, the number of new asylum applications in Germany has risen with a peak in 2015. Many refugees arrive with high levels of prior education and corresponding educational aspirations. Hence, German universities and preparatory colleges (so-called 'Studienkollegs') have created additional preparatory courses and supporting services for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Academic Aspiration, College Preparation
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Schneider, Lynn – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
Despite high educational aspirations amongst asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs), scholarship on international student migration and mobility commonly lacks insight deriving from forced migration research. Drawing on qualitative research concerned with Syrian ASRs' educational aspirations and lived experiences regarding higher education access in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Aspiration, Refugees, Foreign Students
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Parker, Philip D.; Marsh, Herbert W.; Guo, Jiesi; Anders, Jake; Shure, Nikki; Dicke, Theresa – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2018
In this paper, we develop an information distortion model (IDM) of social class differences in self-beliefs and values. The IDM combines psychological biases on frame-of-reference effects with sociological foci on ability stratification. This combination is hypothesized to lead to working-class children having more positive math self-beliefs and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Academic Aspiration, Social Class, Longitudinal Studies