Participation in higher education Equity and access?

The conventional wisdom in Australia is that policy aimed at reducing imbalances in the representation of different socioeconomic classes in the tertiary sector should be aimed at encouraging completion of high school. The analyses in this paper suggest, however, that most of the differences in the...

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Published inThe Economic record Vol. 81; no. 253; pp. 152 - 165
Main Authors Le, Anh T, Miller, Paul W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishing, Inc 01.06.2005
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Ausgaben
Australia
Australien
Bildung
Bildungspolitik
Decision making
Economics of education
Education policy
Education reform
Educational attainment
Empirical research
Equity
Finanzierung
Higher education
Human capital
Inequality
Influence
Longitudinal studies
Political reform
Returns to education
Secondary education
Secondary schools
Social classes
Socioeconomic factors
Soziale Schicht
Student
Students
Studies
Studium
Tertiary education
Universities
Australia
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Summary:The conventional wisdom in Australia is that policy aimed at reducing imbalances in the representation of different socioeconomic classes in the tertiary sector should be aimed at encouraging completion of high school. The analyses in this paper suggest, however, that most of the differences in the socioeconomic mix of tertiary students are due to different propensities of high school graduates to pursue tertiary studies. The relatively low rate of university participation among rural students, however, needs to be addressed by encouraging the completion of high school.
Bibliography:ArticleID:ECOR240
The authors acknowledge financial assistance from the Australian Research Council and the Department of Education, Science and Training, and thank Derby Voon for research assistance and two anonymous referees for comments. Opinions expressed are those of the authors, and should not be attributed to either the sponsoring agencies or the University of Western Australia.
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ISSN:0013-0249
1475-4932
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00240.x