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Figure 3.4.6 Higher education success rate, 2001–2004 a10080IndigenousNon-IndigenousPer cent60402002001 2002 2003 2004a Success is defined as the student progress rate, which is the proportion of units passed within a yearcompared with the total units enrolled.Source: DEST Selected Higher Education Statistics (unpublished); tables 3A.4.19–22.• Figure 3.4.6 shows that higher education success rates are lower for Indigenousstudents than non-Indigenous students.• In 2001 there was a 22.2 percentage points gap between Indigenous andnon-Indigenous students success rates. In 2004, the gap was 21.0 percentagepoints (tables 3A.4.19–22).• The success rate for Indigenous students increased from 65.1 per cent in 2001 to67.5 per cent in 2004. For non-Indigenous students the success rate alsoincreased, from 87.3 per cent to 88.5 per cent.38 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007

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