Australian Higher Education Since 1945

Government Involvement in the Development of Australian Manufacturing since 1945

IN THE period since 1939 the Australian manufacturing sector has been transformed from an infant primarily devoted to supplying goods too bulky or perishable to be imported at an economical price, to a thriving sector that turns out a wide range of modern products comparable in nature, if not in cost, to those of North America or Western Europe. And it has achieved a position of maturity and de...

The Historiography of the Struggle for Black Equality Since 1945

Retaining students in Australian higher education: cultural capital, field distinction

In the global phenomenon of widening participation policy in higher education, lower retention rates for students from less advantaged socio-economic circumstances have potential to undermine the social inclusion agenda of HE. This might be an issue in Europe but is not necessarily the case elsewhere. In this paper we consider statistical data on Australian university students from underreprese...

Setting and Monitoring Academic Standards in Australian Higher Education

The development of human rights investigations since 1945.