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Making Change

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Considering the low level of participation in universities by men and women with an impairment, the question is how to activate changes in the behaviour, policies and procedures of higher education. Four strategies are offered to configure deep and structural change.

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Notes

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    Seale et al. (2010).

  2. 2.

    Pearson and Koppi (2002).

  3. 3.

    Mike and Harrington, op. cit., p. 790.

  4. 4.

    Ringlaben et al. (2013).

  5. 5.

    Fichten et al. (2012).

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    ibid.

  7. 7.

    Ben-Moshe et al. (2005).

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    White (2013).

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    Denhart (2008).

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  1. School of Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW, Australia

    Tara Brabazon

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Brabazon, T. (2015). Making Change. In: Enabling University. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12802-3_5

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