Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students
Abstract Indigenous participation rates in higher education are significantly lower than the rates reported for non-Indigenous people in Australia – with the greatest disparity evident in the area of postgraduate studies. This problem needs to be addressed by...
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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/528 |
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| author | Michelle Trudgett |
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Indigenous participation rates in higher education are
significantly lower than the rates reported for
non-Indigenous people in Australia – with the greatest
disparity evident in the area of postgraduate studies. This
problem needs to be addressed by providing culturally
appropriate support mechanisms to Indigenous postgraduate
students. This article draws on the findings of a doctoral
thesis in which the support provided to Indigenous
postgraduate students in Australia was investigated
(Trudgett, 2008). Several issues and problems emerged from
the data surrounding the support, or lack thereof, provided
to this cohort by the Indigenous Units or centres in
universities today. Nine recommendations for consideration
and implementation by the Indigenous Units within
Australian universities are provided. These recommendations
have the potential to reduce this disparity by helping to
close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
participation and, most importantly, completion rates in
postgraduate studies.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8f0fe28bdbd495a98cfe6b4cd3761d82023-01-03T03:19:22ZengAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of QueenslandThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education2049-77842009-01-0138110.1375/S1326011100000545Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate StudentsMichelle Trudgett0Macquarie UniversityAbstract Indigenous participation rates in higher education are significantly lower than the rates reported for non-Indigenous people in Australia – with the greatest disparity evident in the area of postgraduate studies. This problem needs to be addressed by providing culturally appropriate support mechanisms to Indigenous postgraduate students. This article draws on the findings of a doctoral thesis in which the support provided to Indigenous postgraduate students in Australia was investigated (Trudgett, 2008). Several issues and problems emerged from the data surrounding the support, or lack thereof, provided to this cohort by the Indigenous Units or centres in universities today. Nine recommendations for consideration and implementation by the Indigenous Units within Australian universities are provided. These recommendations have the potential to reduce this disparity by helping to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participation and, most importantly, completion rates in postgraduate studies. https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/528 |
| spellingShingle | Michelle Trudgett Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education |
| title | Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students |
| title_full | Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students |
| title_fullStr | Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students |
| title_short | Build it and They Will Come: Building the Capacity of Indigenous Units in Universities to Provide Better Support for Indigenous Australian Postgraduate Students |
| title_sort | build it and they will come building the capacity of indigenous units in universities to provide better support for indigenous australian postgraduate students |
| url | https://ajie.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/article/view/528 |
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