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Ian W. Li and David R. Carroll The University of Western Australia Abstract Equity groups have increasing access to higher education enrolment, but factors including health, finance and disposition towards study can contribute to the decision of disadvantaged students to drop out of university study. This study looked at the determinants of student satisfaction and academic […]
8 March 2017
Associate Professor Buly Cardak, Mr Matthew Brett, Dr Paul Barry and Mr Richard McAllister (La Trobe University) Dr Mark Bowden and Mr John Bahtsevanoglou (Swinburne University of Technology) Dr Joseph Vecci (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Executive Summary This research study examines regional student participation and migration by use of novel data sources and analytic techniques. […]
27 February 2017
Grant Cooper, James Baglin and Rob Strathdee RMIT University Abstract Data analysis indicates distance is a predictor of students’ intentions to attend university, net of selected demographic and socio-economic variables. This report applies statistical modelling and geo-mapping to existing data, contributing to current literature as well as indicating an ongoing advancement from discrete categorisation to continuous […]
14 February 2017
Introduction (Professor Sue Trinidad and Professor John Phillimore) There is overwhelming evidence that a society based on social mobility and social justice reduces economic and social disadvantage. Equity in education is instrumental to this process because it is transformative for individuals, families and communities. It leads to greater social cohesion and a widening of the […]
5 December 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Education is transformative. Education delivers benefits to individuals, their families and communities. It is this far-reaching impact that compels research into understanding why people from low-socio economic status (SES) backgrounds are under-represented in tertiary education, and finding new ways to address this situation. This position paper reviews what is currently known about interventions […]
25 October 2016
Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Introduction This NCSEHE Briefing Note provides an update on domestic undergraduate student enrolment and equity outcomes from 2008 to 2015, following Koshy and Seymour (2015). In keeping with the earlier editions of this series, the briefing note focuses on undergraduate […]
17 October 2016
Written by Dr Tim Pitman and Professor Sue Trinidad (NCSEHE), Professor Marcia Devlin (Federation University Australia), Dr Andrew Harvey and Mr Matt Brett (La Trobe University), and Dr Jade McKay (Deakin University) BACKGROUND This report details the findings of the Enabling programmes for disadvantaged student groups project, which was funded as part of the Australian […]
24 July 2016
Written by Assistant Professor Ian W. Li (The University of Western Australia), Dr Stephané Mahuteau (National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS), Flinders University), Associate Professor Alfred Michael Dockery (Curtin University), Emeritus Professor P.N. (Raja) Junankar (UNSW Australia) & Professor Kostas Mavromaras (NILS) INTRODUCTION The Australian higher education sector has had a number of changes in […]
8 March 2016
Written by Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Dr Susan Kinnear, Ms Carolyn Daniels, Dr Pamela CroftWarcon and Ms Julie Mann, CQUniversity Australia FOREWORD In Australia, regional and remote Indigenous students are under‐represented in both higher education and vocational education and training. Access (or enabling) education programs are important in lifting participation rates and potentially in encouraging mobility […]
11 February 2016
Written by Dr Jill Scevak, Dr Erica Southgate, Dr Mark Rubin, Ms Suzanne Macqueen, Dr Heather Douglas and Mr Paul Williams, The University of Newcastle Australia Introduction Recent government objectives aimed at increasing student enrolment from non-traditional backgrounds has led to a broadening of the university student enrolment base. The profile of the university student […]
1 October 2015