Widening and Expanding Participation in Australian Higher Education: In the Absence of Sociological Imagination

Autor/in	Gale, Trevor
Titel	Widening and Expanding Participation in Australian Higher Education: In the Absence of Sociological Imagination
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 42 (2015) 2, S.257-271 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
DOI	10.1007/s13384-014-0167-7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Access to Education; Student Participation; Minority Group Students; Outreach Programs; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Educational Policy; Academic Aspiration; Equal Education; Disadvantaged; Cultural Context; Educational Sociology; Cultural Relevance; Change Strategies; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Jobcoaching; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; Lösungsstrategie; Australien
Abstract	Social inclusion in Australian higher education was high on the agenda of the recent Rudd/Gillard Australian Government. This paper offers an assessment of that agenda, particularly the extent to which it worked in favour of under-represented groups. It argues that the Government's widening and expansion policies and its equity and aspiration strategies lacked sociological imagination, projecting deficits onto individuals who refused to be taken in by its ambitions for higher education participation. The paper concludes that in the absence of a sociological imagination in government policy, the freedoms of disadvantaged groups continued to be curtailed: not just to choose futures in keeping with their goals but also the freedom to formulate choices. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01