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It has been a central plank supporting Indigenous university students in their studies. However, evaluation of the scheme has identified quality limitations, under-utilisation, administrative burdens, and eligibility issues, and criticised the deficit or low academic expectations assumptions inherent in the scheme. In the 2016-2017 Budget the Australian government modified ITAS into an Indigenous Student Success Program. Reporting on research undertaken at a time of impending changes to funding arrangements and the continuation of ITAS, this paper builds on recent research into the transition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders into higher education. The paper investigates the scheme through the perspectives of ITAS tutors and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students receiving ITAS tutoring in two regional universities in New South Wales. Qualitative research found that ITAS tutoring has enabled many students to manage their transition through university and complete their studies. Students and tutors identified limitations in the scheme in terms of guidelines, institutional expectations, access to learning management systems, and the timing of support. The study outcomes suggest that ITAS provides valuable support but has become static, and is not keeping up with developments in online learning and administration.  \nKeywords: Indigenous students, ITAS, Indigenous Advancement Strategy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students  \nIntroduction  \nWe were driven to begin this research project by impending changes to the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme-Tertiary Tuition (ITAS-TT) . Comments from students and staff in research undertaken in 2012 with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics and students at 26 universities attested to the value of the tuition scheme in enabling many students to continue, engage with and achieve in higher education (Kinnane,  \nWilks, Wilson, Hughes, & Thomas, 2014) . However, the same research found some aspects of the administration and implementation of ITAS to be cumbersome. Further, it found the scheme is less successful for students studying in remote locations and in regional centres as there are often fewer potential tutors who meet the ITAS requirements, and those who do fit the criteria rarely have time to tutor all students requiring tutoring.  \nFollowing the election of the conservative LiberalNational Coalition Government in September 2013,  \n14 Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme Judith Wilks, Ellen Radnidge Fleeton & Katie Wilson vol. 59, no. 1, 2017  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W  \nIndigenous Affairs became part of the portfolio of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. A review of all Indigenous funding followed, and the realignment of funding under a new Indigenous Advancement Strategy replaced more than 150 individual programs and activities with five broad programs (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2014) . This extended to ITAS funding in 2014. Concerns arose in the higher education sector that a proposed change from funding allocations based on student numbers to universities bidding for funding on a competitive basis would mean that universities with fewer Indigenous students could miss out on funding altogether (Liddle, 2014) . Although existing funding arrangements continued into 2015 and 2016, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs foreshadowed chan","cbCaibvjMJiyrcsF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibvjMJiyrcsF","pdf",170779,"English","# Introduction\n## Background","[{\"question\":\"What is the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme–Tertiary Tuition (ITAS-TT)?\",\"answer\":\"ITAS-TT is Australian government funding that has provided one-to-one and group tutorial study support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students attending Australian universities since 1989.\"},{\"question\":\"What changes affected ITAS and why does the paper focus on them?\",\"answer\":\"The 2016–2017 Budget modified ITAS into an Indigenous Student Success Program. The paper investigates the scheme while changes to funding arrangements were impending and ITAS continued.\"},{\"question\":\"What limitations were identified in how ITAS tutoring is delivered?\",\"answer\":\"Qualitative findings point to limitations related to guidelines, institutional expectations, access to learning management systems, and the timing of support.\"}]","A U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S ’ R E V I E W - Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme - Tertiary Tuition and beyond: Transitioning with strengths and promoting opportunities | PDF",1792079612,25]