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Autor/in | Buckner, Elizabeth |
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Titel | The Seeds of Discontent: Examining Youth Perceptions of Higher Education in Syria |
Quelle | In: Comparative Education, 49 (2013) 4, S.440-463 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0305-0068 |
DOI | 10.1080/03050068.2013.765643 |
Schlagwörter | Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Educational Attitudes; Interviews; Young Adults; Political Influences; Admission Criteria; Government Role; Semi Structured Interviews; Access to Education; Employment Potential; Educational Discrimination; Student Attitudes; Politics of Education; College Admission; Enrollment Management; Syria Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Schülerverhalten; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Syrien |
Abstract | This article examines young Syrians' perceptions of higher education after the 2001 reforms, which expanded access to higher education and permitted the establishment of private universities. Data come from in-depth interviews conducted with 22 Syrians residing in Damascus, aged 18-32 in 2009. Analysis indicates youth are critical of the higher education system broadly, and that their discontent stems from two sources: (1) the high level of state involvement in determining youth life paths when uncoupled from labour market security; and (2) the perceived unfairness in university admissions stemming from connections and new forms of privatisation. This youth discontent reflects a larger rejection of the state's role in the higher education admissions process. Given Syria's long-term commitment to a model of state-led development in the post-independence era, the failure of the Syrian state to successfully link expanded higher education to secure employment in the neo-liberal era has contributed to a de-legitimisation of the Syrian state as a whole in the eyes of its youth. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |