scholarly journals Rural students’ transition in and through a semi-urban university: Experiences from the National University of Lesotho

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Pulane Lefoka ◽  
Tebello Tlali
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Educational Trajectories ◽  
Urban University ◽  
National University ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
University Experiences

This paper reports on the findings of a study carried out at the National University of Lesotho (NUL). The paper explored the influence of ‘rurality’ on students who originate from the rural areas of Lesotho and analysed their transition at the NUL. The spatial geographic theory and narrative inquiry were adopted, and qualitative focus groups were utilised to collect data. The students were given an opportunity to conceptualise ‘rurality’ and narrate their stories about growing up and earlier schooling, as well as their learning experiences at the NUL. The findings revealed that rural students’ educational trajectories are indeed filled with numerous challenges, mainly due to deprivation and limited exposure to technology in their earlier lives. The main recommendation made by the paper is that the concerned stakeholders ought to be mindful of the needs of all prospective higher education students, including those from rural backgrounds, and intervene accordingly.  

scholarly journals University Experiences and Satisfaction of Vietnamese University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Quang Minh Duong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
National University ◽  
University Experiences ◽  
University Experience

<p>Student satisfaction is an important part of the effort to market higher education successfully and learning programs, and an important factor in measuring the quality of learning approach. This study explored the student satisfaction in Vietnamese higher education, and how student satisfaction was affected by personal and university experience variables. A quantitative research method was used in the study; out of the 618 third-year students of 24 departments and faculties at in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City responded to the study and were study participants. The findings of this study show that students were moderately satisfied with their environment on campus. The study also shows that of university experiences had significant positive effects and personal variable had significant negative effects on student satisfaction. </p>

scholarly journals Hysteresis Effects and Emotional Suffering: Chinese Rural Students’ First Encounters With the Urban University

2020 ◽  
pp. 136078042094988
Author(s):  
Jiexiu Chen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
Education System ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Emotional Suffering ◽  
Urban University ◽  
Students First ◽  
Urban Rural

In the Chinese context of a stratified higher education system and significant urban–rural inequality, rural students are generally facing constrained possibilities for social mobility through higher education. Despite these structural constraints, some exceptional rural students, like all the participants in this research, manage to get themselves enrolled in the urban university. Drawing on participants’ subjective narratives about their first encounters in the urban university, I argue that the rural students in this research were confronted with two levels of habitus–field disjunctures, namely, the rural–urban disjuncture and academic disjuncture. Then, through examining participants’ narratives about their hysteresis effects and emotional suffering, I suggest the sense of feeling lost and inferior reveals how various types of domination in the external structure of the field of the urban university play a part in affecting rural students’ inner emotional worlds.

Project Engage

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-38
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Role Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Stem Majors ◽  
Technology Preparation ◽  
Stem Pipeline ◽  
Stem Engagement ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

As the nation seeks to diversify the STEM workforce, looking toward the rural areas of the United States affords an opportunity to increase the flow of students into the STEM pipeline. However, rural students face many roadblocks on the way to STEM careers including poor educational attainment, lack of STEM experiences, few STEM role models, inadequate technology preparation, and low motivation to pursue STEM. This chapter explores those barriers and proposes Project Engage as an avenue for breaking down the barriers. The chapter identifies and explains the major components of Project Engage: strategic mentoring, STEM engagement activities, and guided career exploration. These combined components create a comprehensive framework for addressing the barriers imposed by the nature of growing up “rural.” Statistical data is presented that reveals an increase in recruitment of STEM majors as well as positive results of retention.

scholarly journals Impact of Rurality on Students’ Educational Transition in Lesotho.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. p47
Author(s):  
'Malimpho Elsie Seotsanyana ◽  
Mafa Maiketso
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
University Education ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
National University ◽  
The Impact

The students’ views, from the secondary education in the rural areas in Lesotho, have been sought on the impact of rurality in relation to their transition from secondary education to higher education (in this regards, the National University of Lesotho (NUL). The students’ views were sought through their autobiographies. Autobiographical narratives were employed because it was assumed that they are a good tool for knowing oneself better. The study was qualitative, with the adoption of a case study research design. The participating students were drawn from three of the ten Lesotho districts that are situated in the rural areas. The purpose of the research study was to find out whether studying at the university has an impact on the students who have transited from secondary education in the rural areas and whether university education assists and prepares them to achieve their intentions and to reach a successful outcome. A purposively selected number of eleven (11) students from the rural areas formed the sample of the study. A one question questionnaire was designed to collect information on the students’ experiences from their NUL studies in relation to the transition from secondary education to higher education. An interpretative analysis was employed to unveil the results of the study. The research study finds that the students have deficiencies. Secondary education has not moulded them to have a sudden engagement with their studies in higher education. Many of them still require further training in study skills in order to cope with the academic demands of higher education. It is therefore recommended that NUL should have a programme that serves as a bridge between secondary and higher education.

scholarly journals Transition and Participation of Rural Students in Higher Education: Barriers and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. p94
Author(s):  
Benard O Nyatuka
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Rural Economies ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Higher Institutions

There is an accumulating body of knowledge that points to the fact that rurality is a crucial demographic to be considered in the identification of students with respect to access to and retention in the higher institutions of learning. Research shows that rural economies, for instance, help shape students’ career aspirations and labour options in these institutions. Among others, some students may find it difficult to make a decision on whether to go back to their hometowns instead of pursuing their dreams elsewhere in the community once they graduate from the higher institutions of learning. Students from rural areas are generally perceived to have low educational aspirations and achievement. Indeed, most of the studies concerning rural students tend to be tilted towards their educational and career choices. Interestingly, despite policy makers across the various sectors of the economy increasingly paying attention to the rural population, little focus has been directed towards transition, experiences and or participation of students from the rural communities in higher education. Against this background, this theoretical paper explores the barriers as well as opportunities regarding transition and participation of rural students, with a view to enhancing provision of meaningful higher education, including realization of the envisaged goals of this cycle of learning.

scholarly journals Kumpulan Abstrak

2016 ◽  
pp. v
Author(s):  
NFN Tim Editorial Jurnal Teknodik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Source Credibility ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Education Students

PERILAKU AKSES INTERNET MAHASISWA PENDIDIKAN TINGGI JARAK JAUH DI SURAKARTA INTERNET ACCESS BEHAVIOUR OF DISTANT HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS IN SURAKARTA  Djoko Rahardjo; Sumardjo; Djuara P. Lubis; Sri HarijatiDepartemen Sains Komunikasi dan Pengembangan Masyarakat, PPS – [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] (Artikel ini merupakan bagian dari Disertasi:  Rahardjo, D. 2015. Model Akses dan Pemanfaat Internet dalam Kemandirian Belajar Mahasiswa Pendidikan Tinggi Terbuka dan Jarak Jauh.  Bogor: Pascasarjana IPB) ABSTRAK:Media internet sudah banyak diterapkan untuk berbagai kepentingan dalam dunia pendidikan. Meskipun media internet sudah dikenal luas, mahasiswa pendidikan tinggi jarak jauh yang tinggal di daerah perdesaan di beberapa wilayah Indonesia masih menghadapi permasalahan dalam mengaksesnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis hubungan antara perilaku mahasiswa dalam mengakses internet dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Perilaku akses internet mencakup tiga komponen utama yaitu kogintif, afektif, dan konatif. Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku akses internet meliputi faktor lingkungan, karakteristik pesan, dan kredibilitas sumber. Penelitian survei ini dilaksanakan di wilayah Surakarta dengan sampel 320 responden. Data dianalisis dengan metode Model Persamaan Struktural. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa faktor lingkungan berpengaruh nyata terhadap perilaku mahasiswa dalam mengakses internet. Ternyata peningkatan akses internet lebih mudah dilakukan dengan peralatan berupa handphone yang lebih murah, namun dibutuhkan pengembangan perangkat lunak yang sesuai dengan peralatan tersebut. Strategi lain yang mendukung peningkatan akses adalah peningkatan kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menelusur informasi.  Kata kunci: akses internet, pendidikan jarak jauh, perilaku belajar mahasiswa  ABSTRACT:Internet has been widely applied for educational purposes. Although the media is well known, distant higher education students who live in remote or rural areas in Indonesia are still facing problems in accessing it. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between the behavior of the students in accessing the Internet and the factors that influence it. Internet access behavior includes three main components, namely cogintive, affective, and conative components. Factors that influence the behavior include environmental factors, message characteristics, and source credibility. This survey research was conducted in seven districts in Surakarta with a sample of 320 respondents. Data were analyzed in Structural Equation Model method. The result shows that environmental factors significantly affect the behavior of students in accessing the internet. It turns out that the increase in internet access is more easily done with cheaper equipment such as mobile phones, but it is necessary to develop appropriate software for such equipment. Another strategy that supports increased access is improving students’ capability in information searching on the internet. Key words: internet access, distant education, student learning behavior

scholarly journals Interpreting Rural Students’ Stories of Access to a Flagship University

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Margaret Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Flagship University ◽  
Rural College ◽  
Persistence Factors

Access has been an ongoing issue for rural students. In this study, I examined factors that have been proven barriers and supports for rural students. Rural college students who were part of the TRiO program at a flagship university shared barriers and supports to access higher education. Students talked about their college journeys by telling digital stories, using computer-based tools to create narratives. On-campus resources, family support, finding a place to belong in college, and self-efficacy proved to be important access and persistence factors for students.

A meta-analysis of indicated mental health prevention programs for at-risk higher education students.

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen S. Conley ◽  
Jenna B. Shapiro ◽  
Alexandra C. Kirsch ◽  
Joseph A. Durlak
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Education Students

Stress vulnerability and traumatic events in Portuguese higher education students

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anabela Pereira ◽  
P. Vagos ◽  
L. Santos ◽  
A. Monteiro-Ferreira ◽  
A. Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Stress Vulnerability ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education
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