Institute of Public Policy - NZ universities must make room for 'Pasifika models', says Tagaloatele
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NZ universities must make room for 'Pasifika models', says Tagaloatele
23 Nov 2012
Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop said Pacific sense of identify - of "place" - was critically related to Pasifika educational outcomes.
“Rather than focusing on trying to integrate Pacific or minority students into the culture of a university, is it time now to look more at changing the ways educational institutions are organised?” she said yesterday during her inaugural public lecture yesterday as foundation professor of Pacific studies.
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