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This paper adds to the small but growing body of literature which probes the complex decision-making processes undertaken by minority ethnic students, and particularly working-class minority ethnic students, when choosing a higher education institution. Previous studies have focussed on areas with ethnically diverse local populations. This article presents the findings of a small-scale study examining the decision-making processes of minority ethnic school, undergraduate and postgraduate (PGCE) students in a predominantly 'white' area of England. Some similarities with the previous research are found, but also some interesting contextual differences, particularly in students' prioritisation of institutions with an ethnic mix. The paper discusses how students in this context make decisions about what is an acceptable choice based on a complex inter-related web of factors relating to ethnicity, class and gender. The level of agency assumed within conceptions of habitus when applied to students' decision-making processes in the context of higher education is also discussed.
Author(s): Smith H
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Race Ethnicity and Education
Year: 2007
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
Pages: 415-437
ISSN (print): 1361-3324
ISSN (electronic): 1470-109X
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613320701658456
DOI: 10.1080/13613320701658456
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