Building bridges: the story behind Australia's largest widening participation collaboration

Gail Whiteford; Annette Cairnduff; Catherine O'Donnell; Jane Cavanagh; Ruth Tregale; Jude Stoddart

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-101921-4.00003-8

Building bridges: the story behind Australia's largest widening participation collaboration

Gail Whiteford^*, Annette Cairnduff, Catherine O'Donnell, Jane Cavanagh, Ruth Tregale, Jude Stoddart

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The story of Bridges to Higher Education, in which a consortium of five large Australian universities joined together in collaboration with numerous stakeholder groups to offer a comprehensive suite of programs aimed at widening the participation of those groups underrepresented in higher education in Australia, is one with many salient lessons. In the first section of this chapter, we chart the story “behind the scenes” of the Bridges phenomenon, its purpose and governance arrangements. In the following section we present data as to reach and impact of Bridges based on a 3-year multimethod evaluation. In closing, we reflect on the lessons learned through the development and implementation of Bridges programs and consider future directions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Bridges, pathways and transitions
Subtitle of host publication	international innovations in widening participation
Editors	Mahsood Shah, Gail Whiteford
Place of Publication	Cambridge, MA
Publisher	Chandos Publishing
Chapter	3
Pages	33-53
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9780081019221
ISBN (Print)	9780081019214
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-101921-4.00003-8
Publication status	Published - 2017

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widening participation
Bridges to Higher Education
collaboration

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Whiteford, G., Cairnduff, A., O'Donnell, C., Cavanagh, J., Tregale, R., & Stoddart, J. (2017). Building bridges: the story behind Australia's largest widening participation collaboration. In M. Shah, & G. Whiteford (Eds.), Bridges, pathways and transitions: international innovations in widening participation (pp. 33-53). Chandos Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-101921-4.00003-8

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Bridges, pathways and transitions: international innovations in widening participation. ed. / Mahsood Shah; Gail Whiteford. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing, 2017. p. 33-53.

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Whiteford G, Cairnduff A, O'Donnell C, Cavanagh J, Tregale R, Stoddart J. Building bridges: the story behind Australia's largest widening participation collaboration. In Shah M, Whiteford G, editors, Bridges, pathways and transitions: international innovations in widening participation. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing. 2017. p. 33-53 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-101921-4.00003-8

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