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Participation in Higher Education: Equity and Access? *
Author(s) -
LE ANH T.,
MILLER PAUL W.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2005.00240.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , equity (law) , higher education , tertiary level , representation (politics) , economic growth , demographic economics , business , economics , medical education , public economics , political science , mathematics education , psychology , sociology , medicine , demography , law , politics , population
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.