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Examining Institutional Practices and their effects on Student Success

Given South Africa’s racialized history of access to education, redress efforts targeted at achieving
equity in access to universities for students from across racial backgrounds have been well underway
for over two decades now. More recently, within the higher education sector, ensuring that access
translates into success has become a priority. Drawing on this concern, this research study looks into
what constitutes success for previously excluded students at a historically white university. In addition, this research study examines the experiences of these students to uncover factors which contribute to either enabling or constraining their abilities to achieve this much sought after success. The analysis presented in this study arrived at the conclusion that institutional practices continue to entrench various forms of systematic exclusion which in turn significantly affect black students’ abilities to achieve success at a historically white university.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/30186
Date03 June 2019
CreatorsAdebulehin, Aderinsola Michelle
ContributorsLuckett, Kathy, Morreira, Shannon
PublisherFaculty of Humanities, Department of Social Development
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters
Formatapplication/pdf

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