Evaluation of the Pilot Phase of a Student Support Strategy to Improve Retention and Completion Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students

Autor/inn/en	Hearn, Shane; Funnell, Sarah
Titel	Evaluation of the Pilot Phase of a Student Support Strategy to Improve Retention and Completion Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 50 (2021) 2, S.247-255 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
DOI	10.1017/jie.2020.29
Schlagwörter	Pilot Projects; Student Personnel Services; School Holding Power; Graduation Rate; Indigenous Populations; College Students; Foreign Countries; Program Effectiveness; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Sinti und Roma; Collegestudent; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in higher education can play a critical role in transforming lives and is the trajectory to closing the gap and reducing disadvantage. Despite recent progress, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples remain significantly under-represented in higher education. Poor retention and high attrition rates of these students come at significant financial cost for the individual, community, university and government. Wirltu Yarlu, the Indigenous Education Unit at the University of Adelaide has reviewed the role student support services play in improving retention and completion rates, with an aim to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student retention and completion. The newly developed Student Success Strategy is an innovative approach to student support that aims to identify and respond to individual student needs in a more effective and efficient manner. The model encompasses a self-assessment tool designed to measure progress across several domains. Self-assessments are used to inform student specific support needs which in turn enable support staff to personalise future interventions for each student and respond accordingly in an attempt to reduce and prevent student attrition. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01