Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education : From Policy to Practice

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book brings together contributions by researchers, scholars, policy-makers, practitioners, professionals and citizens who have an interest in or experience of Indigenous pathways and transitions into higher education.

Introduction.- Chapter 1 Indigenous pathways and transitions into Higher Education: An Introduction.- Policy and Policy Issues.- Chapter 2 Understanding the nexus between equity and Indigenous higher education policy agendas in Australia.- Chapter 3 What do we know about community engagement in Indigenous education contexts and how might this impact on pathways into higher education?.- Chapter 4 A design and evaluation framework for Indigenisation of Australian Universities.- Chapter 5 Indigenous Knowledges, Graduate Attributes and Recognition of Prior Learning for Advanced Standing: Tensions within the academy.- Practice, Programs and Future Directions.- Chapter 6 You''ve got to put your stamp on things: A rippling story of success.- Chapter 7 Canada''s Indigenous peoples'' access to post-secondary education: The spirit of the ''New Buffalo''.- Chapter 8 Perspectives on enabling education for Indigenous students at three comprehensive universities in regional Australia.- Chapter 9 How we do business: Setting the agenda for cultural competence at the University of Sydney.- Chapter 10 Grandmothers'' pedagogy: Lessons for supporting Native students'' attendance at universities.- Chapter 11 Tackling Indigenous incarceration through promoting engagement with Higher Education.- Chapter 12 Digital literacy and other factors influencing the success of online courses in remote Indigenous communities.- Chapter 13 Promoting engagement and success at university through strengthening the online learning experiences of Indigenous students living and studying in remote communities.- Chapter 14 The impact of enabling programs on Indigenous participation, success and retention in Australian higher education.- Chapter 15 ''Red dirt'' schools and pathways into higher education.- Conclusion.- Chapter 16 From policy to practice in higher education: cross-cutting issues in Indigenous pathways, transition and participation.