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Destination unknown? Study choices and graduate destinations of Hungarian youth in Slovakia
Author(s) -
Pásztor Adél
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1465-3435
pISSN - 0141-8211
DOI - 10.1111/ejed.12259
Subject(s) - destinations , graduate students , political science , regional science , pedagogy , sociology , tourism , law
Focusing on Hungarian minority youth in a rural Slovakian setting, this article analyses their higher education aspirations and choices amidst significant economic, political and educational reforms. Relying on mixed methods and a longitudinal design, the research follows a cohort of high school students from their last year of secondary school through university up to their graduate destinations several years onwards. The data reveal three main study‐work trajectories reflecting different trade‐offs in terms of higher education studies, graduate careers and ethnic identity maintenance that affect life‐chances and the future of the Hungarian community in Slovakia.