TY - DATA T1 - Equity in access to higher education revisited PY - 2017/05/05 AU - Birrell, Bob AU - Calderon, Angelo AU - Dobson, Ian R. AU - Smith, T. Fred UR - https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Equity_in_access_to_higher_education_revisited/4976009 DO - 10.4225/03/590bfcd127a1f L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8370965 KW - New South Wales, Australia KW - Educational philosophy KW - Educational fees KW - Tertiary education KW - journal article KW - 1039-4788 KW - Victoria, Australia KW - monash:63907 KW - Disadvantaged groups KW - 1959.1/481312 N2 - No progress has been made over the past decade in improving equity of access to higher education for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. New evidence indicates that both family income and cultural factors explain this situation. The cultural factor is particularly strong for boys from blue collar backgrounds. Current Government equity policy ignores these findings. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s ER -