Working Class Female Students' Experiences of Higher Education: Identities, Choices and Emotions

by Sam Shields

Book Overview

This book explores the experiences of working-class women undergraduates at three universities in the North of England. The author examines the women's identities, choices and emotions in relation to higher education; and how they reframe their constrained university choices to maximise their chances of academic success. Highlighting differences in working-class women's learner identities, caring commitments and quests for upwards social mobility,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030889378
• ISBN13: 9783030889371
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"