Growing private providers and constraints in the choice of higher education institutions: Impact on access to higher education

Panigrahi, Jinusha

doi:10.5958/0976-4666.2015.00004.2

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“…Student funding is a significant concern, but it is important to avoid 'mis-framing' the nuanced problems that exist regarding social justice and higher education (Bozalek & Boughey, 2012). Access to higher education is crucial for inclusive growth and social mobility, and there are various forms of transformation required across the higher education sector, particularly with regard to language, race, gender, internationalisation and class (Panigrahi, 2015). It may well be of little consequence to increase student funding while ignoring the "interconnecting structures, systems, practices, discourses and cultures of higher education that are complicit in the social, economic and cultural reproduction of inequalities and exclusions in and through higher education" (Burke et al, 2017, p. 1).…”

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“…Any meaningful response to #FeesMustFall, however, requires an understanding of the complexities surrounding student funding, one of which is the challenge of student bursary provision. Although some work in this regard has been undertaken internationally, relatively little has been done within the context of (South) Africa, specifically (Kerkvliet & Nowell, 2014;Harrison et al, 2015;Panigrahi, 2015).…”

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Exploring the Challenges of First-Year Student Funding: An Intra-Institutional Case Study

McKay¹,

Naidoo

Simpson³

2018

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Amongst the first of the challenges facing prospective first-year university students is the need to procure funding for their studies. Indeed, demand for funding for students to access higher education far exceeds supply in South Africa. One solution has been the creation of a government loan scheme, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), but this scheme does not cover all students. Outside of NSFAS, student bursary funding remains limited and universities are being increasingly pressurised to allocate bursaries to ensure students are not excluded due to funding constraints. Despite this, to date, little work has been undertaken regarding university policy and management of bursary applications and funds. Thus this study represents an attempt to fill this gap. The study explores the current student funding model deployed at one particular large tertiary institution as a means to gain an understanding of current funding challenges and attempt to find ways in which funding decisions can be improved. A qualitative approach was used, which involved conducting in-depth interviews with senior university staff involved in a range of student support directorates. The study demonstrates the complexity of the challenges associated with student funding.

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Section: Student Funding: Challenges and Debatesmentioning

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Exploring the Challenges of First-Year Student Funding: An Intra-Institutional Case Study

McKay¹,

Naidoo

Simpson³

2018

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Governmental student funding systems for higher education: an international perspective

Van Antwerpen,

Dirkse Van Schalkwyk

2024

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The worldwide surge in demand for higher education (HE) aligns with an increasing need for effective student funding systems, particularly in countries where poverty poses a significant barrier to accessing HE. An international perspective on governmental student funding systems allows us to examine how other governments have implemented these systems to benefit their citizens. The aim of this article is thus to provide a global view of the functioning and challenges pertaining to student funding systems and to shed light on the policies in place in the international landscape. The realist systematic literature review methodology was deemed the most suitable for this study as various scholars have previously studied different facets of the topic. This study aligns with the interpretive research paradigm and qualitative methods. The desired information therefore already exists within the body of knowledge, although it has not yet been analyzed through this particular method. It is evident that both developing and developed countries experience challenges regarding student funding, both in the purpose thereof as well as in the implementation. This is a universal issue, and an in-depth literature review confirmed this phenomenon.

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Growing private providers and constraints in the choice of higher education institutions: Impact on access to higher education

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Exploring the Challenges of First-Year Student Funding: An Intra-Institutional Case Study

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Governmental student funding systems for higher education: an international perspective

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