- Title
- Pathways for non-traditional learners in a research-intensive university
- Creator
- Levy, Stuart; Burnheim, Catherine
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/75228
- Identifier
- vital:7342
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781927202586
- Abstract
- The current Australian higher education policy environment has been shaped by the Commonwealth targets for 40 per cent of 25- to 34-year-olds to hold a bachelor’s-level degree or higher by 2020, and for low socio-economic status (LSES) participation to increase to 20 per cent by 2025. Universities have responded to this policy agenda by increasing enrolments and developing a range of pathway programs, including enabling programs, VET articulation agreements and nested awards. For “selecting”, research-intensive institutions such as Monash University, responding to the access agenda is fraught with tensions concerning institutional identity, status and contribution. In developing a set of access strategies for mature-age learners, Monash University is seeking to broaden access without compromising academic status. This involves creating mechanisms to engage high-potential LSES mature-age students through recruitment and selection processes with activities that assist them to translate their workplace and community experiences into the university environment, and provide a balance of opportunity, support and challenge.
- Publisher
- Ako Aotearoa - The National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence
- Relation
- Create & Collaborate Foundation & Bridging Educators New Zealand Inaugural Conference 2102 FABENZ p. 83-95
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
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