%0 Journal Article %A Birrell, Bob %A Calderon, Angelo %A Dobson, Ian R. %A Smith, T. Fred %D 2017 %T Equity in access to higher education revisited %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Equity_in_access_to_higher_education_revisited/4976009 %R 10.4225/03/590bfcd127a1f %2 https://bridges.monash.edu/ndownloader/files/8370965 %K New South Wales, Australia %K Educational philosophy %K Educational fees %K Tertiary education %K journal article %K 1039-4788 %K Victoria, Australia %K monash:63907 %K Disadvantaged groups %K 1959.1/481312 %X No progress has been made over the past decade in improving equity of access to higher education for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. New evidence indicates that both family income and cultural factors explain this situation. The cultural factor is particularly strong for boys from blue collar backgrounds. Current Government equity policy ignores these findings. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s %I Monash University