Australian higher education establishments aim to enhance the learning experiences of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The goal is to increase access to and participation of all groups in the community.
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Tim Pitman (2012, p.1) quoted, “location and mode of learning have got to be crucial factors. But I believe many disadvantaged students discard university at too early an age, for variety of reasons. This is why I would like to see UNIS doing more to encourage them from a much earlier age.” This is a quote passage contributing to higher education at a younger age, as well as its approaches to teaching and supporting students who goes to university. Students from low-SES background, it is not the cost of university study, but the cost of actually being able to live while studying, that is a big barrier. This is my factor to why there are fewer numbers of low-SES students attending …show more content…
This casts disadvantage as attributes that are lacking in students from disadvantaged backgrounds, thus obscuring the social conditions that structure disadvantage and privilege. As an example, the Australian government routinely publishes statistics on access and participation levels of students from low socio-economic backgrounds in HE, but it does not do so for students from middle or high socio-economic backgrounds. Pathways are seen as one mechanism to redress disadvantage because of the ‘second chance’ they provide to those who do not have the necessary levels of achievement to access HE, and in so doing, reinforces the notion that students need a second-chance because of their presumed deficits, rather than the institutional practices of universities and the extent to which they are prepared to accept such
Tim Pitman (2012, p.1) quoted, “location and mode of learning have got to be crucial factors. But I believe many disadvantaged students discard university at too early an age, for variety of reasons. This is why I would like to see UNIS doing more to encourage them from a much earlier age.” This is a quote passage contributing to higher education at a younger age, as well as its approaches to teaching and supporting students who goes to university. Students from low-SES background, it is not the cost of university study, but the cost of actually being able to live while studying, that is a big barrier. This is my factor to why there are fewer numbers of low-SES students attending …show more content…
This casts disadvantage as attributes that are lacking in students from disadvantaged backgrounds, thus obscuring the social conditions that structure disadvantage and privilege. As an example, the Australian government routinely publishes statistics on access and participation levels of students from low socio-economic backgrounds in HE, but it does not do so for students from middle or high socio-economic backgrounds. Pathways are seen as one mechanism to redress disadvantage because of the ‘second chance’ they provide to those who do not have the necessary levels of achievement to access HE, and in so doing, reinforces the notion that students need a second-chance because of their presumed deficits, rather than the institutional practices of universities and the extent to which they are prepared to accept such