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Vertically Segregated Higher Education and the Life Course : Comparing Patterns over 28 Years Andres, Lesley; Pullman, Ashley

Abstract

We employ longitudinal survey data from the British Columbia, Canada Paths on Life’s Way project to determine educational participation and completion patterns through a vertically segregated articulated postsecondary system and occupational outcomes 28 years later. Also, we examine the extent to which ascriptive characteristics have “dissipating” or “lingering” effects on educational and occupational outcomes. Through sequence analysis and cluster analysis, we illustrate postsecondary enrolment and completion rates by institutional type from 1988 to 2016. We reveal five distinct clusters. We use multivariate analyses to demonstrate how education and employment outcomes differ for those who embarked on “traditional” and “non-traditional” higher education pathways. We conclude that ascriptive characteristics in mid-adulthood have had both dissipating and lingering effects on educational and occupational outcomes.

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Vertically Segregated Higher Education and the Life Course : Comparing Patterns over 28 Years
Creator
Andres, Lesley; Pullman, Ashley
Date Issued
2018
Description
We employ longitudinal survey data from the British Columbia, Canada Paths on Life’s Way project to determine educational participation and completion patterns through a vertically segregated articulated postsecondary system and occupational outcomes 28 years later. Also, we examine the extent to which ascriptive characteristics have “dissipating” or “lingering” effects on educational and occupational outcomes. Through sequence analysis and cluster analysis, we illustrate postsecondary enrolment and completion rates by institutional type from 1988 to 2016. We reveal five distinct clusters. We use multivariate analyses to demonstrate how education and employment outcomes differ for those who embarked on “traditional” and “non-traditional” higher education pathways. We conclude that ascriptive characteristics in mid-adulthood have had both dissipating and lingering effects on educational and occupational outcomes.
Subject
educational and occupational outcomes; vertically segregated higher education systems; dissipating and lingering effects
Genre
Book Chapter
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-01-19
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0423134
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83678
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Citation
Andres, L., & Pullman, A. (2018). Vertically segregated higher education and the life course: Comparing patterns over 28 years. In M. Shah & J. Mckay (Eds.), Achieving equity and academic excellence in higher education: Global perspectives in an era of widening participation? (pp. 25-50). London: Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-78316-1
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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