Work place: Faculty of Science University of Southern Queensland, Qld, Australia
E-mail: don.gorman@usq.edu.au
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Biography
Professor Don Gorman is Director, Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. Professor Gorman leads research projects that relate to identified communities, in particular Indigenous and rural communities, with an emphasis on increasing their capacity to maximise their health status. He is particularly passionate about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and strategies to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
By Delwar Hossain Don Gorman Jill Lawrence Lorelle Burton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2012.07.01, Pub. Date: 8 Jul. 2012
This paper aims to explore the factors that impact on rural and remote students’ participation in higher education at university. The findings indicated that the students were familiar only with university scholarships, tertiary preparation program, and head start. Before admission, most students required information on pathways to university, admission requirements, scholarships, and range of courses and after admission they required information on academic support, tutorial assistance, library and IT services. This paper also suggests that universities need to evaluate the effectiveness of the services they offer to both attract and support rural and remote students to University if participation rates are to be raised.
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