Crowded house

Accommodation precarity and self-reported academic performance of international students

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11920105
AutoresCatherine Hastings (0000-0002-5486-8118, Sociology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, autor correspondente), Charlotte Overgaard (0000-0002-3370-2338, Sociology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), Shaun Wilson (0000-0003-4687-1824, Sociology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia), Gaby Ramia (0000-0002-2427-9275, The University of Sydney), Alan Morris (0000-0001-7652-5370, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia), Emma Mitchell (0000-0002-9734-2175, Institute of Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Ano2023
Volume54
Fascículo7
Páginas1190-1209
Data de publicação2023-03-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCompare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057925.2023.2184199
OpenAlexW4323662085
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas36

This article draws on two surveys of international students in Sydney and Melbourne, undertaken in 2019 and during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. Using the concept of bounded agency, we identify how the challenges of living in one of the world’s most expensive rental housing markets impact students’ perceptions of their academic attainment. We find housing insecurity, unaffordability and condition, amplified by financial stress, contribute significantly to student anxiety about their studies. These relationships differ by student background and education. We argue students’ agency to meet their educational ambitions in Australia is constrained by the cost of housing and the housing choices they consequently make to mitigate financial stress. Our findings suggest the importance of ‘town’ or non-institutional aspects of the international student experience on their satisfaction and academic outcomes. We call for further research to explore these relationships in other global contexts

Accommodation · Agency (philosophy · Anxiety · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · International education · Perception · Political science · Precarity · Public relations · Renting · Social science · Sociology · Study abroad · Gender Studies · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics