ABSTRACT
With the identification of underrepresented groups in higher education and the setting out of a methodology for monitoring sector performance in the 1990s, Australia could justifiably claim to be at the forefront of the establishment of a national equity framework. However, over the next 15 years, few inroads were made in widening access to university for the majority of the cohorts of society targeted within the framework. It could be argued that this is in part due to the Australian context.
