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2020 - Volume 4 - Number 3

Support Provision in Greek Higher Education: Examining Students’ Accounts

Olga Tzafea * olgatzaf@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0002-6756-7082
University of Ioannina, School of Philosophy, GREECE

Panagiota Gkofa * giotagofa@yahoo.gr 
University of Ioannina, School of Philosophy, GREECE

Eleni Sianou-Kyrgiou * esianou@uoi.gr 
University of Ioannina, School of Philosophy, GREECE

Antigone Sarakinioti * sarakinioti@edlit.auth.gr 
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Philosophy and Education, GREECE

Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2020, 4(3), 127-138 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojss.0403.01127t
Received: 24 July 2020 ▪ Accepted: 15 September 2020 ▪ Published Online: 3 October 2020

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
In the last decades, despite the implementation of policies aiming at widening the participation in higher education in many countries, inequalities persist. Drawing on survey data collected in the context of our research project exploring aspects of Diversity, Inequalities and Inclusion in Greek higher education, this article presents undergraduate students’ accounts on the support measures provided in higher education. Our findings indicate that undergraduate students express rather reserved views on the effectiveness of the support measures provided. Some characteristics are of importance in these students’ accounts as some groups consider institutions as less supportive such as females and students who have not completed their studies on time. A strong effect of the institution of study on students’ views regarding support provision is also shown revealing the key role of institutions on the students’ trajectories. 

KEY WORDS: higher education, social inequalities, student support provision.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Olga Tzafea, Annis Komninis 1, Ioannina, 45221, GREECE. E-mail: olgatzaf@gmail.com, olgatzaf@uoi.gr.

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