First-In-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life: Motivations, Transitions and Participation

by Janine Delahunty, Sarah O'Shea, Cathy Stone, et al.

This book examines the university experiences of first-in-family university students, and how these students' decisions to return to education impact upon their family members and significant others. While it is well known that parental educational background has a substantial impact on the educational levels of family and dependents, it is unclear how attending university as a first-in-family student translates into the family and community of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137582839
• ISBN13: 9781137582836
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"