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    An Australian study of graduate outcomes for disadvantaged students

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    Authors
    Pitman, Tim
    Roberts, Lynne
    Bennett, Dawn
    Richardson, S.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Citation
    Pitman, T. and Roberts, L. and Bennett, D. and Richardson, S. 2017. An Australian study of graduate outcomes for disadvantaged students. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 43 (1): pp. 45-57.
    Source Title
    Journal of Further and Higher Education
    DOI
    10.1080/0309877X.2017.1349895
    ISSN
    0309-877X
    School
    School of Education
    Remarks

    This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Further and Higher Education on 20/07/2017, available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0309877X.2017.1349895

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55543
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Whether or not disadvantaged students are realising the same benefits from higher education as their peers is of fundamental importance to equity practitioners and policymakers. Despite this, equity policy has focused on access to higher education and little attention has been paid to graduate outcomes. The Australian study reported here used national data to investigate relationships between disadvantage and graduate outcomes. The study provides critical insights into how access to higher education does, or does not, lead to improvements in post-graduation equity. The study reveals that outcomes are not equal for all students and that higher education disadvantage persists for many students after they have completed their studies. Whilst the specific findings relate to the Australian university sector the broader discussion of the article is relevant to higher education policy more generally, especially in terms of how governments align institutional processes to measure and scrutinise achievement in relation to public policy objectives.

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