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Social equity in higher education: a wicked problem exacerbated by multiple discourses.

Broadening Participation in Engineering AND Program Evaluation

Larsen

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Social equity in higher education has been a priority for universities and policy makers throughout Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations for more than a decade. Limited improvement is seen among students in under-represented groups which remains a concern and for this reason social equity in higher education is presented as a wicked problem. This article will outline the steady massification of higher education where elitist discourses were largely abandoned, while social equity discourses …

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