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    What kind of access does VET provide to higher education for low SES students?: not a lot

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    Author
    Wheelahan, Leesa
    Date
    2009
    Source Title
    Student equity in higher education: what we know, what we need to know: forum proceedings
    Publisher
    National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Wheelahan, Leesa
    Affiliation
    Melbourne Graduate School of Education, LH Martin Institute
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    Document Type
    Conference Paper
    Citations
    Wheelahan, L. (2009). What kind of access does VET provide to higher education for low SES students?: not a lot. In Student equity in higher education: what we know, what we need to know: forum proceedings, Adelaide, S.A.
    Access Status
    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/28889
    Description

    This is a post print of a paper from Student equity in higher education : what we know, what we need to know : forum proceedings 2009 published by National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education. http://www.unisa.edu.au/hawkeinstitute/ncsehe/default.asp

    Abstract
    This paper addresses three questions: the first question explores the extent to which VET diplomas and advanced diplomas provide students with an educational ladder of opportunity. The second question explores the extent to which VET pathways provide students from low socio-economic backgrounds with access to higher education and thus provides a social ladder of opportunity. The third question explores the institutional destinations of VET students from low socio-economic backgrounds in higher education. The paper concludes by examining the implications for policy. Overall, the findings are that pathways from VET to higher education provide access to universities, but not to the elite universities. It also finds that VET pathways are not a mechanism for redressing socio-economic disadvantage in higher education more broadly, because the socio-economic profile of VET articulators is very similar to students already in higher education and within individual universities, with a few notable exceptions.
    Keywords
    higher education; equity; socioeconomic background; disadvantaged; pathways in education; student outcomes; statistical data; Australia

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