Indigenous Student Success Program

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  • Priority reform:
    Priority Reform One
    Priority Reform Two
    Priority Reform Three
    Priority Reform Four
  • Outcome:
    Outcome 06
    Outcome 07
  • Action Status:
    Underway
  • Indicators:
    Higher education commencement (university component), attrition, and completion rates (time series and cohort analyses - 4 and 6 and 9 years)
  • Responsible Ministers:
    Minister for Indigenous Australians
  • Delivery end date:
    Ongoing
  • Is this Indigenous specific?:
    Yes
  • Resourcing:
    $81.4 million
  • Agency:
    National Indigenous Australians Agency
Action description

The Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) provides supplementary funding to universities to help First Nations students take on the demands of university and succeed. Universities offer scholarships, tutorial assistance, mentoring, safe cultural spaces and other personal support services to First Nations students using ISSP funding.

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