|  | The main purpose of the review was to provide some empirical evidence on which to develop a programme to support postgraduate research students and supervisors at the University of Technology, Sydney. A second purpose was to identify infrastructure changes needed to enhance the support and environments for postgraduate research students.\n
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/completion_of_research_higher_degrees.htm (21.6 KB) |
| | Publication profile pages for higher education sector publications.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/default.htm (45.8 KB) |
| | The Pedagogy of ‘Good’ PhD Supervision: A National Cross-Disciplinary Investigation of PhD Supervision
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/summaries_brochures/
the_pedagogy_of_good_phd_supervision.htm (38.4 KB) |
| | List of publications belonging to the Higher Education Series (HES)
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/indexes/by_series/
higher_education_series.htm (23.8 KB) |
| | This submission proposes a range of factors : population share of the 15-64 age cohort,year twelve and higher education enrolments,undergraduate completion rates, percentage of state/territory population with bachelor degree or higher and higher education participation by state of origin and participation.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/key_issues/new_higher_education_places/
documents/20_x2_pdf.htm (16.2 KB) |
| | This report assesses the relative importance of factors affecting key decisions related to higher education participation, and to assess compositional differences, if any, between groups making different decisions and the influence of HECS thereon. The report studies five distinct populations of interest ranging from Year 12 students in 1988 to post graduate students in 1988. Control groups were selected to provide a basis for comparison and interpretation of results: C1 undergraduat
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/archives/
impact_hecs_victoria_western_australia.htm (23.3 KB) |
| | Higher education publications
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/indexes/publications_title.htm (169.6 KB) |
| | Higher education publications
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/indexes/publications_author.htm (193.4 KB) |
| | Higher education publications 2001
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/indexes/by_year/
he_publications_2001.htm (42.2 KB) |
| | This report, Enhancing the Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) National Surveys, is the outcome of research to enhance the instrument, methodology and processes associated with the national graduate surveys. The surveys comprise the Graduate Destination Survey, Course Experience Questionnaire and Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire, and are administered to graduates four months after they have completed their qualifications.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/enhancing_gca_national_surveys.htm (24.1 KB) |
| | \nIn this project, undergraduate law students in all Australian law schools were asked to indicate why they chose to study law at university and what career/s they intended to follow upon completion of their law degree.\n \nThis research was funded under the Evaluations and Investigations Programme (EIP). \n
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/archives/
career_intentions_australian_law_students.htm (21.9 KB) |
| | Why do we want students to be engaged in learning? Current goals for learning go beyond the basics and disciplinary knowledge to include the strategies, capacities, qualities, characteristics and values needed for successful living in the modern world. Engagement in learning is both an end in itself and a means to an end. Evidence of the influence of engagement on learning and achievement is well established.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/schooling_issues_digest/
schooling_issues_digest_motivation_engagement.htm (76.2 KB) |
| | The University of South Australia has since 1995 offered an access award (the Diploma in University Studies) which is especially designed for disadvantaged adults without the usual academic entry requisites to facilitate their entry to and successful participation in undergraduate awards.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/reviews/a_new_pathway_for_adult_learners/
diploma_in_university_studies.htm (23.8 KB) |
| | HTML version of the publication Higher Education Attrition Rates 1994-2002: A Brief Overview
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/statistics/
higher_education_attrition_rates_1994_2002.htm (29.9 KB) |
| | \nThis report contains analyses of student progress through publicly funded post-initial coursework-based higher education programmes in Australia, concentrating primarily on completion rates. Models constructed from collected data on completions and withdrawals can be used to predict the probability of completion or withdrawal for a student with a given set of characteristics and undertaking a particular course.\n
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/profiles/postinitial_higher_education_coursework_programmes.htm (23.3 KB) |