Equity Policy and Participation in Australian Higher Education
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Open access
Authors
Koshy, Paul Malcolm
Date
2018Supervisor
Prof. John Phillimore
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Business and Law
School
Curtin Business School
Collection
Abstract
This thesis undertakes an analysis of key issues in Australian higher education equity policy in view of current policy settings and empirical research on the determinants of undergraduate higher education participation. Equity policy is defined to include government initiatives to promote higher education participation amongst groups who have been historically disadvantaged in their access (‘equity student groups’) and the categorisation and measurement tools used to identify students belonging to these groups.
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