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SUMMARY:The social aspects of transition from school to higher education: 
 The focus on rural multi-ethnic communities in Kazakhstan - Olena Fimyar (
 Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, UK) and Olga Mun (Central
  European University\, Hungary and Faculty of Education\, University of Ca
 mbridge\, UK)
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CONTACT:Laura Carnicero
DESCRIPTION:This paper is a part of a larger study looking at the social a
 spects of transition from school to higher education in Kazakhstan. Unders
 tanding the factors influencing student retention and dropout remains high
  on the government’s agenda. The link between rural/urban inequalities a
 nd difficulties in transitioning to higher education are highlighted in na
 tional and international reports\, including the Reviews for National Poli
 cies in Education: Higher Education in Kazakhstan (OECD and World Bank\, 2
 007)\, Analysis of Common National Testing Results (MES\, 2012a) and the R
 oadmap Diagnostic Report on the Strategic Directions for Education Reforms
  in Kazakhstan for 2015–2020 (Ayubayeva et al.\, 2013). According to the
  National Report on the Status and Development of Education\, dropout rate
 s across the country\, while decreasing steadily between 2007 and 2010\, r
 ose by 1 per cent to 11.9 per cent in 2010/11\, with 13.6 per cent of stud
 ents withdrawing from privately-funded higher educational institutions and
  10.2 per cent withdrawing from state-funded higher educational institutio
 ns (MES\, 2012b\, p. 68). The key question that the study aims to address 
 is: what factors affect student retention in science\, technology\, engine
 ering\, and mathematics (STEM) subjects in higher education in Kazakhstan?
  The study uses Bourdieu’s theoretical framework detailed in Reay (2004)
 \, and the special issues of the Cambridge Journal of Education (Gale and 
 Lingard\, 2015) to provide a sociological explanation of the official drop
 out rates in Kazakhstani higher education. By synthesising the findings fr
 om five Kazakhstani universities and twelve schools visited in the course 
 of the study\, the study seeks to assist governmental strategies aimed at 
 reversing dropout rates and easing rural/urban inequalities\, both in Kaza
 khstan and internationally.\n\nAuthors: Olena Fimyar (Faculty of Education
 \, University of Cambridge\, UK)\; Carole Faucher (Graduate School of Educ
 ation\, Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\; Aimzhan Iztayeva (Graduate S
 chool of Education Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\; Alfira Makhmutova
  (Graduate School of Education\, Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\, Olg
 a Mun (Central European University\, Hungary and Faculty of Education\, Un
 iversity of Cambridge\, UK) and Aray Saniyazova (Graduate School of Educat
 ion Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan)\n
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ in r
 oom 1S3
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