Widening participation in higher education: a play in five acts
dc.contributor.author | Pitman, Tim | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-27T05:20:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-27T05:20:10Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-07-26T11:11:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pitman, T. 2017. Widening participation in higher education: a play in five acts. Australian Universities' Review. 59 (1): pp. 37-46. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54219 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Policies and programs to address higher education disadvantage reveal four distinct approaches, each revealing certain assumptions about the nature of educational disadvantage. These are: creating mass higher education systems; redistributing or allocating certain places to disadvantaged students; changing the cultural practices of institutions; and shifting the policy focus from access towards higher education outcomes or benefits. Using the Australian higher education sector as a case study, each of these approaches is defined, identified and examined in regard to its impact on widening access and participation in higher education. An alternative approach – a fifth act – is proposed; one which concentrates on the need to understand the identity of the student, both in terms of how he/she understands disadvantage and what he/she wants out of higher education. | |
dc.publisher | National Tertiary Education Union | |
dc.title | Widening participation in higher education: a play in five acts | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 59 | |
dcterms.source.number | 1 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 37 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 46 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0818-8068 | |
dcterms.source.title | Australian Universities' Review | |
curtin.department | Humanities Research and Graduate Studies | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |