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Can higher education compensate for society? Modelling the determinants of academic success at university
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Smith, Emma (2016) Can higher education compensate for society? Modelling the determinants of academic success at university. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37 (7). pp. 970-992. doi:10.1080/01425692.2014.987728 ISSN 0142-5692.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2014.987728
Abstract
This paper examines the role that social characteristics play in determining the academic success of students who begin university with roughly similar entry grades. The data used were drawn from the administrative records of over 38,000 UK-domiciled undergraduate students from one British university between 1998 and 2009. Results show that the characteristics of entrants have varied only slightly over this period and intake is still largely in favour of ‘traditional’ entrants: namely those from professional occupational backgrounds, the privately educated and those of traditional age. The relationship between background characteristics and eventual academic success also reflects patterns seen at earlier education stages. However, when prior attainment was taken into account, the link between degree outcome and many social characteristics does diminish – notably for students who were privately educated and who came from professional occupational groups. This suggests that once students have overcome barriers to admission, it is entry grades rather than social characteristics that may most strongly influence eventual academic success.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Sociology of Education | ||||||||
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0142-5692 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 37 | ||||||||
Number: | 7 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 970-992 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/01425692.2014.987728 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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