Promoting widening participation and its social value amongst Pacific people in Australia

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dc.contributor.authorRavulo, Jioji
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorMicsko, Jim
dc.contributor.authorPurchase, Gayl
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-02T05:22:01Z
dc.date.available2020-04-02T05:22:01Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.description.abstractPacific people in Australia are less likely to access university due to structural disadvantages, including isolation from the dominant culture; the overlapping nexus between low socio-economic status and race; and cultural expectations. The PATHE (Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education) program addresses this inequity by a range of interactive student workshops and on-campus visits, support meetings, peer mentoring sessions, and a yearly conference. This paper analyses the effectiveness of the PATHE program through online and paper surveys. The program’s effectiveness was then evaluated utilising the Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodological framework. The methodology assigns a financial proxy to the impacts and places participants at the centre of the research process. The results showed the PATHE program is appropriate, effective and efficient. Critically, Pasifika students reported an increased understanding of how further education and training can help their future, an increased confidence to go onto further study, increased interest in university and a deeper understanding of how to use time appropriately to cater for study. The success of the PATHE program is demonstrated by the SROI ratio (represented as a return in dollar value, for every dollar invested), which equated to $4.93 for every $1 spent on the program.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18124/cjs6-ze19
dc.identifier.issn2463-641X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/100070
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/870
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMacmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studiesen
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectsocial barriersen
dc.subjectstructural disadvantageen
dc.subjectMāori and Pacific Islander studentsen
dc.subjecthigher educationen
dc.titlePromoting widening participation and its social value amongst Pacific people in Australiaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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