Student Equity in Australian Higher Education Twenty-five years of A Fair Chance for All

Student Equity in Australian Higher Education Twenty-five years of A Fair Chance for All / edited by Andrew Harvey, Catherine Burnheim, Matthew Brett.

This book examines twenty-five years of the Australian framework for student equity in higher education, A Fair Chance for All. Divided into two sections, the book reflects on the legacy of equity policy in higher education, the effectiveness of current approaches, and the likely challenges facing f...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Harvey, Andrew (Editor), Burnheim, Catherine (Editor), Brett, Matthew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Higher education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International education .
Comparative education.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1
  • 1 Towards a fairer chance for all: Revising the Australian student equity framework
  • 2 Framing the framework: The origins of A Fair Chance for All
  • 3 Framing student equity in higher education: National and global policy contexts of A Fair Chance for All
  • 4 First Peoples: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in higher education
  • 5 Out of reach? University for people from low socio-economic status backgrounds
  • 6 Disability and Australian Higher Education: Policy drivers for increasing participation
  • 7 Ivory towers and glass ceilings: Women in non-traditional fields
  • 8 Access, achievement and outcomes among students from non-English speaking backgrounds
  • 9 Far from the studying crowd? Regional and rural Australians in higher education
  • Section 2
  • 10 Higher education and inequality in Anglo-American societies
  • 11 Equity and markets
  • 12 And Fairness for All? Equity and the international student cohort
  • 13 Indigenous Australians and higher education: The contemporary policy agenda
  • 14 Ladders of opportunity: Postgraduate equity, professions and the academic workforce
  • 15 From equity to excellence: Reforming Australia's national framework to create new forms of success
  • 16 Further and higher? Institutional diversity and stratification.

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