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Peer reviewedMowbray, Martin – Community Development Journal, 1985
Discusses various aspects of community work in Australia: national context, consensus politics, early community work, literature and training, current trends in Australian community work, localist programs, and community work politics. (CT)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Demography, Educational History
Download full textHartley, Matthew; Winter, Alexandra; Nunery, Leroy D., II; Muirhead, Bruce; Harkavy, Ira – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2005
The founding of the Australian system of higher education closely parallels the creation of public postsecondary education in the United States during the nineteenth century. Their subsequent histories reflect a growing recognition of postsecondary education's capacity to shape the economic prospects not only of individuals, but of entire nations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Factors, Influences, Research Universities
Direct linkMalin, Merridy; Maidment, Debra – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2003
This paper presents a snapshot of concerns in the field of Indigenous education in the late 1960s as compared with those of today, highlighting areas of improvement. Indigenous people's aspirations are not being met and the gaps between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations on all major educational indicators are unacceptably large. These…
Descriptors: Well Being, Disadvantaged, Mentors, Indigenous Knowledge
