FYI (First Year Infusion): a vaccine for the first year plague in a regional university
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Paper/Presentation Title | FYI (First Year Infusion): a vaccine for the first year plague in a regional university |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Henderson, Robyn (Author) and Noble, Karen (Author) |
Editors | Boylan, Colin |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 25th SPERA National Rural Education Conference |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Osborne Park, Western Australia |
Conference/Event | SPERA 2009: Education in a Digital Present: Enriching Rural Communities |
Society for the provision of education in rural Australia conference | |
Event Details | SPERA 2009: Education in a Digital Present: Enriching Rural Communities Event Date 08 to end of 10 Jul 2009 Event Location Adelaide, Australia |
Event Details | Society for the provision of education in rural Australia conference SPERA conference |
Abstract | The massification of higher education in Australia has set the spotlight firmly upon issues of access, participation and retention across the sector. Yet recognition that not all groups of people have equal opportunity to access higher education is not new. With this context in mind, this paper begins by describing an approach to the first year of university experience that has been developed in a regional university. At this university, the student population includes a high proportion from low socioeconomic backgrounds and rural and geographically isolated areas, as well as students who are 'returning to education as adults after missing educational opportunities in their youth' (University of Southern Queensland, 2006, p. 5). Whilst some might argue that the enrolment of students who are under-prepared for university study has reached plague proportions, this paper describes how a Faculty of Education has developed and implemented a systemic approach to enhance participation and to support such students in their experiences of beginning tertiary study. |
Keywords | first year experience; retention; progression; higher education; social support; academic support |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390199. Curriculum and pedagogy not elsewhere classified |
441003. Rural sociology | |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | ISBN: 09775493X (from the publisher, although it is actually incorrect (9 digits instead of 10) |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z1z0/fyi-first-year-infusion-a-vaccine-for-the-first-year-plague-in-a-regional-university
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