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Monitoring the pathways and outcomes of people from disadvantaged backgrounds and graduate groups
Higher Education Research & Development (2011)
  • Daniel Edwards
  • Hamish Coates
Abstract

The development of a strong and vibrant knowledge economy is linked directly to successful learning outcomes among university graduates. Building evidence-based insights on graduate outcomes plays a particularly important role in shaping planning and practice. To this end, this paper analyses some key findings from the Graduate Pathways Survey, the first national study in Australia of bachelor degree graduates' outcomes five years after course completion. It focuses on the outcomes of graduates from disadvantaged groups, people of particular significance in an expanding and increasingly important higher education system. After advancing the rational for this analysis, the paper sketches the overall research approach. The paper continues with an analysis of education and employment outcomes for the target groups, and concludes by summarising implications for building further research insights.

Keywords
  • graduate outcomes,
  • higher education policy,
  • disadvantage,
  • social inclusion
Publication Date
May, 2011
Citation Information
Daniel Edwards and Hamish Coates. "Monitoring the pathways and outcomes of people from disadvantaged backgrounds and graduate groups" Higher Education Research & Development Vol. 30 Iss. 2 (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel_edwards/55/