Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

 

The Quality of Higher Education

 

July 1999

Higher Education Division


© Commonwealth of Australia 1999
ISBN 0 642 23891 X
ISBN 0  (Electronic)
0 642 23922 3

DETYA No. 6304.HERC99A

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Contents

Acknowledgments
Glossary
The Quality of Australian Higher Education: An Overview
Institutional Quality Assurance and Improvement Plans 1999-2001
Australian Catholic University
Australian Maritime College
The Australian National University
Batchelor College
Central Queensland University
Charles Sturt University
Curtin University of Technology
Deakin University
Edith Cowan University
The Flinders University of South Australia
Griffith University
James Cook University
La Trobe University
Macquarie University
Monash University
Murdoch University
Northern Territory University
Queensland University of Technology
RMIT University
Southern Cross University
Swinburne University of Technology
The University of Adelaide
University of Ballarat
University of Canberra
The University of Melbourne
The University of New England
The University of New South Wales
The University of Newcastle
The University of Queensland
University of South Australia
University of Southern Queensland
The University of Sydney
University of the Sunshine Coast
The University of Tasmania
University of Technology, Sydney
University of Western Sydney
University of Wollongong
Appendices
Appendix A: Data Derived from Course Experience Questionnaire
Appendix B: Data Derived from Graduate Destinations Survey

 

Acknowledgments

This is the first in an annual series of reports on the quality of Australian higher education. It contains an overview of quality across the sector and publishes quality assurance and improvement plans of 39 higher education institutions.

Further enquiries about the approaches developed by individual institutions to enhancing and assuring the quality of their operations can be directed to the contact officers listed in the quality assurance and improvement plans.

Higher Education Division
Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
July 1999

 

Glossary

The following is a glossary of selected abbreviations and acronyms found in the report.  

AAA Affirmative Action Agency
AAPPA Australasian Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
AAUT Australian Awards for University Teaching
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
AQC Australian Quality Council
AQF Australian Qualifications Framework
ARC Australian Research Council
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
ATN Australian Technology Network
AVCC Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee
BHERT Business – Higher Education Round Table
CAUT Committee for the Advancement of University Teaching
CBD Central business district
CEQ Course Experience Questionnaire
CHEMS Commonwealth Higher Education Management Services
CQAHE Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
CRC Cooperative Research Centre
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CUTSD Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development
DETYA Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
DISR Department of Industry, Science and Resources
EEO Equal employment opportunity
EFTSU Equivalent full-time student units
ELICOS English language courses for overseas students
ENTER Equivalent national tertiary education rank
ETYA Education, training and youth affairs
FPOS Fee-paying overseas load
FTE Full-time equivalent
FTE Full-time employment
FTFFT Full-time and fractional full-time
FTS Full-time study
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GCCA Graduate Careers Council of Australia
GDS Graduate Destinations Survey
HE Higher education
HEC Higher Education Council
HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme
HEIP Higher Education Innovation Programme
HEO Higher education officer
HEW Higher education worker
HRD Human resource development
HRM Human resource management
HSC Higher School Certificate
IE Aust Institutions of Engineers, Australia
ISO International Organisation for Standardization
IT Information technology
KC Key centre
KPI Key performance indicator
MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs
NACUBO National Association of College and University Business Officers
NAFTA North America Free Trade Agreement
NESB Non-English-speaking background
NH&MRC National Health and Medical Research Council
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OH&S Occupational health and safety
PG Postgraduate
PREQ Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire
QA Quality assurance
QI Quality improvement
R&D Research and development
RIBG Research infrastructure block grant
RQ Research quantum
SES Socio-economic status
SPIRTS Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training Scheme
SRC Special research centre
TAFE Technical and further education
T&L Teaching and learning
TER Tertiary education rank
TQS Total quality service
UAC University Admissions Centre
UG Undergraduate
VET Vocational education and training
VTAC Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

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