ABSTRACT

.The issues addressed in the articles in this special issue indicate the many ways in which vocational forms of higher education (HiVE) are understood and interpreted. While most articles focus on Australia, the students and institutional providers differ considerably. What unifies the forms of provision considered here are claims that they provide alternative insights into opportunities and inequalities within higher education (HE) and society. They suggest that HiVE is distinctive from dominant forms of HE in universities, and may therefore contribute to addressing inequity. As this suggests, while HiVE is often positioned in relation to what it is not, a more positive reading highlights HiVE’s capacity to address social and economic inequalities, particularly through providing access to skilled work. Claims to distinctiveness, however, which focus primarily on access to skilled work may lead to a reductive understanding both of HiVE and the aspirations of those who choose HiVE courses.

摘要

. 本期特刊文章中讨论的问题表明了对高等教育职业形式 (HiVE) 的多种理解和解释方式。虽然大多数文章都关注澳大利亚，但学生和机构提供者却大不相同。统一这里考虑的提供形式是声称它们提供了对高等教育 (HE) 和社会中的机会和不平等的替代见解。他们认为 HiVE 不同于大学中 HE 的主要形式，因此可能有助于解决不平等问题。正如这表明的那样，虽然 HiVE 通常与它不是的东西相关联，更积极的解读凸显了 HiVE 解决社会和经济不平等的能力，特别是通过提供获得熟练工作的机会。然而，主要侧重于获得熟练工作的独特性声明可能会导致对 HiVE 和选择 HiVE 课程的人的愿望的理解减少。