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005 20181212
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041 0 $aEnglish
042 $adc
072 7 $aJN$2bicssc
100 1 $aCase, Jennifer M.$4auth
700 1 $aMarshall, Delia$4auth
700 1 $aMcKenna, Sioux$4auth
700 1 $aDisaapele, Mogashana$4auth
245 10 $aGoing to University : The Influence of Higher Education on the Lives of Young South Africans
260 $bAfrican Minds$c2018
300 $a1 electronic resource (176 p.)
506 0 $aOpen Access$2star$fUnrestricted online access
520 $aAround the world, more young people than ever before are attending university. Student numbers in South Africa have doubled since democracy and for many families, higher education is a route to a better future for their children. But alongside the overwhelming demand for higher education, questions about its purposes have intensified. Deliberations about the curriculum, culture and costing of public higher education abound from student activists, academics, parents, civil society and policy-makers.

We know, from macro research, that South African graduates generally have good employment prospects. But little is known at a detailed level about how young people actually make use of their university experiences to craft their life courses. And even less is known about what happens to those who drop out.

This accessible book brings together the rich life stories of 73 young people, six years after they began their university studies. It traces how going to university influences not only their employment options, but also nurtures the agency needed to chart their own way and to engage critically with the world around them.

The book offers deep insights into the ways in which public higher education is both a private and public good, and it provides significant conclusions pertinent to anyone who works in – and cares about – universities.
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650 7 $aEducation$2bicssc
653 $ahigher education
653 $auniversity
653 $aBachelor of Arts
653 $aBachelor of Science
653 $aCurriculum
653 $aGeology
653 $aHonours degree
653 $aPostgraduate education
653 $aSouth Africa
653 $aYouth
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856 40 $awww.oapen.org$uhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29422$70$zOAPEN Library: description of the publication