The impact of tertiary education strategies on success for pacific learners

Project Description

This project examines the impact of the three successive tertiary education strategies (2002-2007; 2007-2012 and 2010-2015) on how tertiary education institutions have developed their support for Pacific learners. This project will examine how the government strategy documents have influenced the strategic thinking of universities, institutes of technology and wānanga in respect to supporting Pacific learners’ participation and success and what impact these institutional strategies have then on organisational change. The project will also seek to understand organisations’ perceptions of how the Tertiary Education Commission and other government agencies incentivised and supported these organisational changes.

Project Team

• Penny Fairbrother (Contact Project Leader), Wellington Institute of Technology
• Tim Allen, Wellington Institute of Technology
• Neil Ballantyne, Private Contractor
• Dr John Horrocks, Wellington Institute of Technology
• Kerese Manueli, Wellington Institute of Technology
• Aleki Silao, Wellington Institute of Technology
• Amanda Torr, Private Contractor

Project Funding

$70,000 GST exc

Key Dates

Project commenced: early 2011

Expected project completion date: later 2011

Project Outputs

Presentation given at the 2011 Ako Aotearoa Research in Progress Colloquium