ERIC Number: EJ1032620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 39
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Working Students' Perceptions of Paying for College: Understanding the Connections between Financial Aid and Work
Ziskin, Mary; Fischer, Mary Ann; Torres, Vasti; Pellicciotti, Beth; Player-Sanders, Jacquelyn
Review of Higher Education, v37 n4 p429-467 Sum 2014
Based on 22 focus groups conducted at institutions located in a Midwestern metropolitan region, this study explores working, commuting and adult-learner college students' implicit theories about financial aid policy and seeks to understand how students make sense of their own experiences in paying for college. The institutions participating in the study included two region-serving public universities and two campuses of a multi-campus community college. In analyzing the data, we draw in part on a social reproduction perspective and employ critical qualitative methods to highlight both individual and structural roles within the higher education system.
Descriptors: Focus Groups, College Students, Adult Students, Student Employment, Commuting Students, Student Attitudes, Student Financial Aid, School Policy, Paying for College, Public Colleges, Community Colleges, Qualitative Research, Ethnography, Student Records, Goal Orientation, Family School Relationship, Coding, Documentation, Eligibility, Financial Support
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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