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Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Indigenous Student Success Program

Action description: 

The Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) provides supplementary funding to universities to help First Nations students take on the demands of university and succeed. Universities offer scholarships, tutorial assistance, mentoring, safe cultural spaces and other personal support services to First Nations students using ISSP funding.

Priority reform: 
All
Outcome: 
Outcome 06
Outcome 07
Status: 
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?: 
Yes
Indicators: 
Outcome06 Higher education commencement (university component), attrition, and completion rates (time series and cohort analyses - 4 and 6 and 9 years)
Responsible Ministers: 
Minister for Indigenous Australians
Resourcing: 
$81.4 million
Delivery timeframe: 
Ongoing
Agency: 
National Indigenous Australians Agency