Constructing ‘ideal’ students within contemporary higher education: editorial introduction

Brooks, Rachel, Gupta, Achala, Jayadeva, Sazana and Lainio, Anu (2023) Constructing ‘ideal’ students within contemporary higher education: editorial introduction. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 (1), 1-10. (doi:10.1080/09620214.2023.2171901).

Record type: Editorial

Abstract

This special issue focuses on the concept of the ‘ideal’ higher education student. It explores how this concept is played out in different national contexts and the implications it has for particular groups of students and their experiences within higher education. In this editorial introduction, we introduce the seven papers that make up the special issue, and then discuss some of the cross-cutting themes–showing how the papers help to advance our knowledge in this area.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 January 2023

e-pub ahead of print date: 30 January 2023

Published date: 30 January 2023

Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported by the H2020 European Research Council [681018_EUROSTUDENTS]. We are grateful to the European Research Council for awarding a Consolidator to Grant to Rachel Brooks (681018_EUROSTUDENTS) that funded the research time for compiling this special issue. Funding Information: We are grateful to the European Research Council for awarding a Consolidator to Grant to Rachel Brooks (681018_EUROSTUDENTS) that funded the research time for compiling this special issue. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords: Student, higher education, ‘ideal’ students

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