Indigenous Higher Education Student Equity: Focusing on What Works
Abstract The rates of higher education access, participation and completion for Indigenous students are much lower than those for non-Indigenous students in Australia. This paper argues for a research-led focus on what works in terms of Indigenous student equ...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland
2009-01-01
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| Series: | The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education |
| Online Access: | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/527 |
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| author | Marcia Devlin |
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The rates of higher education access, participation and
completion for Indigenous students are much lower than
those for non-Indigenous students in Australia. This paper
argues for a research-led focus on what works in terms of
Indigenous student equity in higher education. Undertaking
independent evaluation of existing initiatives and
leveraging the experience of hundreds of successful
Indigenous graduates, it may be possible to articulate some
of the ways in which success has been, and can be,
achieved, despite the challenges that face Indigenous
students. In other words, it may be possible to articulate
some aspects of what works for some Indigenous people in
relation to higher education. A focus on articulating
strategies that Indigenous individuals and communities
might adopt in relation to higher education should be
developed alongside the management of systemic problems
through a range of means. The “success-focused” approach
would provide one of a suite of approaches that may be
helpful in addressing Indigenous student equity.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b236e7b44424bdb85d187091f9394bf2023-01-03T11:21:04ZengAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of QueenslandThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education2049-77842009-01-0138110.1375/S1326011100000533Indigenous Higher Education Student Equity: Focusing on What WorksMarcia Devlin0Deakin UniversityAbstract The rates of higher education access, participation and completion for Indigenous students are much lower than those for non-Indigenous students in Australia. This paper argues for a research-led focus on what works in terms of Indigenous student equity in higher education. Undertaking independent evaluation of existing initiatives and leveraging the experience of hundreds of successful Indigenous graduates, it may be possible to articulate some of the ways in which success has been, and can be, achieved, despite the challenges that face Indigenous students. In other words, it may be possible to articulate some aspects of what works for some Indigenous people in relation to higher education. A focus on articulating strategies that Indigenous individuals and communities might adopt in relation to higher education should be developed alongside the management of systemic problems through a range of means. The “success-focused” approach would provide one of a suite of approaches that may be helpful in addressing Indigenous student equity. https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/527 |
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