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ERIC Number: EJ525605
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1039-4001
Participation and Access in TAFE: Social Service or Economic Utility?
Powles, Margaret; Anderson, Damon
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Vocational Education Research, v4 n1 p97-129 May 1996
Review of women's participation, access, selective admission, and fees for Technical and Further Education in Australia indicates that, despite attention to access and equity (social service perspective), focus has been on promotion of economic development (economic utility perspective). Policies on these issues can tip the balance in either direction. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Participation, Role of Education, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: TAFE (Australia)
Note: Available from National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Rd., Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia.