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Aboriginal Tertiary Education in Australia: A More Successful Model?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Maria Lane  and
Joe Lane
Maria Lane
Affiliation:
Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at the Underdale Campus of the SACAE University of South Australia
Joe Lane
Affiliation:
Programs for Aboriginal Students at Salisbury Campus (PASS) at the University of South Australia
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By the end of 1990, at least three hundred Aboriginal and Islander people had graduated in South Australian tertiary institutions, from associate diploma level and above. In 1990, the annual graduation rate surpassed forty, the great majority at three-year level or above, including at least one Honours, one doctorate and graduates in architecture and law. The eight-fold increase in graduate numbers over the total up to 1980 reflects the active presence on campuses of Aboriginal/Islander-oriented support services and, even more so, of preparation programs: some three-quarters of all graduates had participated in some form of supplementary preparation.

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Research Article
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , November 1991 , pp. 3 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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