Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v23i1.3814
The Role of Formal Social Support to Students in the Context of the Social Dimension of Higher Education
Valentina Šipuš
orcid.org/0000-0001-6162-7956
; Park hrvatskih branitelja 1, 10310 Ivanić-Grad, Croatia
Marina Milić Babić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-641X
; Faculty of Law, Social Work Study Center University of Zagreb Nazorova 51, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper aims to present the development of the social dimension of higher
education and the importance of developing social support through competent and
professional counselling for students. The establishment of the European Higher
Education Area (EHEA) and the social dimension of higher education dedicated to
student support ensued from the acknowledged need to advance higher education
in the European Union. Along with different measures of student support (such as
financial aid, streamlined administrative requirements for admission, institutional
support in housing, transportation, food, and health care), social support services,
such as guidance and counselling, equally represent a significant aspect of the social
dimension. Dedicated institutional structures provide formal social support such as
student counselling centres, which offer individual or group counselling and support
students in overcoming the challenges of the academic experience. Finally, the activities
concerning the social dimension of higher education focus on vulnerable groups, as
well as the role and the importance of further developing counselling support at higher
education institutions in Croatia.
Keywords
counselling; higher education system; students
Hrčak ID:
256415
URI
Publication date:
23.3.2021.
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