Three ways to increase the number of Indigenous academics in Australian universities

By Ian Anderson and Elizabeth McKinley. Too few Indigenous Australians are making it as academics in our universities. This has a significant impact on Indigenous development.
While the number of research students from Indigenous backgrounds has increased slightly over the years, from 0.84% in 2005 to 1.11% in 2014, PhD completion rates for Indigenous students has barely changed: in 2014, 0.55% completed their PhD, compared with 0.53% in 2005. More...