The Importance of Highly Engaged School-University Partnerships in Widening Participation Outreach

Autor/inn/en	Zacharias, Nadine; Mitchell, Geoffrey
Titel	The Importance of Highly Engaged School-University Partnerships in Widening Participation Outreach
Quelle	In: Student Success, 11 (2020) 1, S.35-45 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zacharias, Nadine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2205-0795
Schlagwörter	College School Cooperation; Universities; Partnerships in Education; Outreach Programs; Student Participation; Secondary School Students; Dropouts; Socioeconomic Status; Disadvantaged Schools; Regional Schools; Rural Urban Differences; Geographic Isolation; College Applicants; College Attendance; Academic Aspiration; Decision Making; Disadvantaged Environment; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? University; Universität; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Jobcoaching; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Sekundarschüler; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; College applications; Studienbewerber; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	In Australia, there has been a sustained investment in widening participation activities by the federal government through the Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP) and a sustained effort by universities and their partner schools to create high-quality widening participation programs. However, there is limited longitudinal evidence on if and how these widening participation activities influence the application rates to university by school leavers from low socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds. This article draws on a large mixed-methods study which aimed to investigate differences in university application rates between students from low SES backgrounds in urban versus rural, regional and remote (RRR) schools in Queensland. The research found that widening participation programs had a positive and statistically significant influence on application rates to university in highly engaged schools. We propose the concept of a virtuous circle of sustained widening participation activity to explain the positive results in highly engaged schools. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Queensland University of Technology. QUT Library, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, OLD 4001, Australia. Tel: +61-07-3138-5345; e-mail: journal@unistars.org; Web site: https://studentsuccessjournal.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01