Contigent Chooser Case Study

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The contigent chooser Accodring to Reay the contigent chooser 'is typically a first generation applicant to higher education whose parents were educatied outside of the UK'(Reay,2005,113).Their parents are working class families and have low incomes.THe students expect little support from their parents.Because they came from working class family,finance becomes the main concern and constraint.The choice for Higher education becomes distant or unreal.The students and family have fewer direct links to higher education experiences and in many cases none.Visits to institutions or attendances to open days are rare.Leacing London or leaving home is rarely an option for these students,although some would be keen to do si if circumstances…show more content…
unacceptable not top attend Univeristies.Univeristy is often times due to projections of high paying careers.Parents would provide huge supports to their childrens.They would attend open days and career fairs with their childrens.University status is the most important element when choosing and location is always put in second place.Reay points out that embedded choosers would prefer institutions that are ethnically mixed but has no problems with rascism in higher education settings.(Reay,2005,120)She uses Sarah as an example of an embedded chooser.Sarah's parents came from Ghana, whom both attended University.All her siblings attend Higher education.Both her parents are working,her father as a lecturer and her mother as a midwife.Her parents have always told her that she will attend University.Her parents always encouraged her in terms of her career choice.In the embedded chooser side of things, choice is based on extensive and diverse souces of information.Some fomr of financial support will be given from the parents, if not the parents will find a way to do so for example getting a loan.The choice of Ethnic mix is marginal or irrelevant to choice.They focuse greatly on the institution and it is the best…show more content…
Simon was one of Reays interviwed students. He stated that his schools was mostly run by Jews and Asians(Reay,2005,130), saying 'you almost feel like a minority being white'.With that he feels like a minority.Lucy the other students said that she isnt rascist however she would'nt like to attend a univerisity where it is mostly Black.The other references to the impact of ethnic minority representation in universities came from ethnic minority students who were worried either about the predominance of certain ethnic minority groups in particular institutions or the status implications of having a degree from an ethnic univeristy.Jamal as stated before was Muslim and this identity was a key factor in choosing a higher education.Even those ethnic minority students who are race active or race aware still see ethnic mix as only one factor among several in their decision making and a number of these of these end up selecting and then deciding to attend institutions which are predominantly white.While ethnicity is crucial, it dosent tell us anything about the Univeristy, reay stated (

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