It's just not worth a damn!' Investigating perceptions of the value in attending university

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4098098
AutoresSteve Cook (0000-0002-1820-8390, Swansea University), Duncan Watson (University of East Anglia), Rob Webb (Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume44
Fascículo7
Páginas1256-1267
Data de publicação2019-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2018.1434616
OpenAlexW2788806089
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas25

Mass expansion of the UK Higher Education (HE) sector is eroding its well-documented benefits – leading many to question whether HE remains worthwhile. Avoiding the traditional approach of estimating the returns to HE, we investigate why many now feel that attending university will not yield any financial benefits. Using BSA data from 2010 we find that this negativity is being driven by perceived lack of graduate job prospects, the rise in tuition fees and wage underpayment. We conclude that this may well fuel uncertainty and reduce demand for HE from lower socio-economic groups while increasing intra class conflict in higher socio-economic groups

Actuarial science · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Labour economics · Negativity effect · Public economics · Wage · World class · Engineering · Higher Education Research Studies · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology