Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has revealed Labor's policy platform for higher education, saying the focus would be on retaining students in higher education and curbing the numbers dropping out. The students most at risk of not graduating are those from equity backgrounds including low socioeconomic and Indigenous students. So how do we make sure these students complete their degrees? Labor has been light on detail, but we know of some things that would help.
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O'Shea, S., Chandler, P. & Harwood, V. (2015). Getting students into uni is one thing, but how to keep them there?. The Conversation, 25 September 1-3.