Increasing participation of rural and regional students in higher education

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ID4545892
AutoresMichele J Fleming (0000-0003-3228-2527, University of Canberra), Diana M Grace (University of Canberra)
Ano2014
Volume36
Fascículo5
Páginas483-495
Data de publicação2014-09-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-080X • E-ISSN: 1469-9508
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1360080x.2014.936089
OpenAlexW2021260019
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas27

Regional and rural students in Australia face unique challenges when aspiring to higher education. These challenges reflect systematic disadvantage experienced by rural and regional populations as a whole. In an effort to redress these inequities, and aided by the Australian Government's Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP), the University of Canberra's flagship Aspire UC Schools Outreach Program involves multiple in-school sessions for students in years 7–10. This article presents findings from the delivery of this program to nearly 3000 students in 2012. Increased considerations of post-school study and work options were seen across all year levels and across all options, with greatest increases evident for university aspirations, and by Year 10 students. Moreover, girls exhibited greater positive changes in post-program aspirations than did boys. The program's success is attributed to its depth and intensity and the concomitant recognition of the distinctive nature of rural and regional communities

Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Medical education · Outreach · Political science · Redress · Rural area · Sociology · Work (physics · Education Systems and Policy · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Medicine · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics