"Shining a Light" on Mature-Aged Students in, and from, Regional and Remote Australia

Autor/inn/en	Crawford, Nicole; Emery, Sherridan
Titel	"Shining a Light" on Mature-Aged Students in, and from, Regional and Remote Australia
Quelle	In: Student Success, 12 (2021) 2, S.18-27 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Crawford, Nicole) ORCID (Emery, Sherridan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2205-0795
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Nontraditional Students; Adult Students; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Geographic Regions; Socioeconomic Status; Pacific Islanders; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Student Diversity; Barriers; Rural Areas; Undergraduate Students; Student Characteristics; Low Income Students; Minority Group Students; Metropolitan Areas; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ballungsraum; Australien
Abstract	This article shines a light on a little-known cohort of higher education participants, mature-aged students in, and from, regional and remote Australia -- the focus of a National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education mixed-methods study. Notable patterns were found in the quantitative data; for instance, compared to their metropolitan counterparts, higher proportions of regional and remote students were older, female, from low socio-economic status areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and studied online and/or part-time. The presentation of four vignettes from the interviews uncovers the stories behind the numbers, revealing students' diverse and complex circumstances; two of the students shared experiences of facing systemic obstacles, while the other two described receiving invaluable institutional support. The obstacles can be attributed to systems designed for "ideal", "implied" and "traditional" students, and entrenched attitudes that privilege some "types" of students over others and limit the aim of full participation for all students. (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