Social value and its impact through widening participation
A review of four programs working with primary, secondary & higher education students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22110950 |
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| Authors | Jioji Ravulo (0000-0001-5195-7513, University of Wollongong, corresponding author), Said (0000-0001-7366-8923, University of Wollongong), Shannon Said (University of Wollongong), Jim Micsko (0000-0003-3110-0285, Western Sydney University), Gayl Purchase (Western Sydney University) |
| Editors | Sidónio Serpa (0000-0003-4286-4440, Universidade dos Açores) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cogent Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-1886 • E-ISSN: 2331-1886 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23311886.2020.1722307 |
| OpenAlex | W3005856882 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
In 2017 the Office of Widening Participation conducted a program-wide analysis of the Social Return On Investment (SROI) to evaluate the impact of four Widening Participation programs at Western Sydney University (WSU). The programs evaluated were Fast Forward, Strive Towards Educational Participation and Success (STEPS), First Foot Forward, and Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education (PATHE). The overlapping aim amongst the four programs is to increase higher education participation rates, particularly for students coming from low socio-economic backgrounds. The SROI framework provided a holistic analysis by intertwining qualitative and quantitative data. The analysis showed that each program—albeit with differences—produced a collection of positive outcomes, and made important progressions to increasing and widening participation for “non-traditional” students. This is verified by the SROI ratio which is represented as a return, for every dollar invested—the combined four programs equated to an average return of $5.78 for every $1 invested
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Diversity, equality and higher education
Culture and Public Action
The right to higher education
Difference in higher education pedagogies
Harvesting our collective intelligence”
It's a struggle’
Bettering Yourself'? Discourses of risk, cost and benefit in ethnically diverse, young working-class non-participants' constructions of higher education
Parental influence in educational decisions
School principals speaking back to widening participation policies in higher education
Bridging socio-cultural incongruity
Expansion and equity in Australian higher education
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