Engaged outreach: Using community engagement to facilitate access to higher education for people from low socio-economic backgrounds

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-74

  Scull, Sue ^a   Cuthill, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Equity; Higher education access; Outreach; Socio economic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951086979     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360903421368     Document Type: Article

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