Elsőgenerációs hallgatók a felsőoktatásban
First-generation students in higher education

Summary/Abstract: The social dimension of higher education is receiving increasing attention in the countries of the European Higher Education Area. In our study, based on data from the EUROSTUDENT 8 survey in Hungary, we examine how differences in parental education are reflected in students’ higher education studies. We find that first-generation students face difficulties at several points, partly at entry and partly during the period of higher education studies, when they face higher financial and employment burdens. The disadvantages and lags resulting from different educational backgrounds are in many respects compensated for during the training process, but the differences in parental education do not disappear completely. Our data also show that among first-generation students, particular attention deserves that group in terms of support where neither parent has a school leaving certificate.

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