DEST Publications
The Australian Higher Education Quality Assurance Framework (Higher Education Division, 2000)
This paper provides an overview of quality assurance in the Australian higher education sector.
Benchmarking: A Manual for Australian Universities (McKinnon, K R et al, 2000)
This report is a benchmarking manual in a common, easy to use format for Australian and other universities.
The Characteristics and Performance Indicators of Higher Education Institutions 2000 : preliminary report (Higher Education Division, 2000)
This report outlines the characteristics and performance of Australian higher education institutions in terms of their teaching and research activities.
Country Education Profiles: Australia (Higher Education Division – not available on-line)
This third edition provides a comprehensive description of the Australian education system. The edition includes specific information about Australian State and Territory school education qualifications and comprehensive sections on the vocational education and higher education systems and qualifications.
Employer Satisfaction with Graduate Skills: Research Report (AC Nielsen Research Services, 2000)
This is a report on a two-stage research project to establish the extent of employer satisfaction with the skills of new graduates from both TAFE and universities entering the labour market.
Engaging Universities and Regions: Knowledge Contributions to Regional Economic Development in Australia (Garlick, S, 2000)
This report explores the university-region engagement agenda. The analysis of the report is based at the campus level, rather than the whole of institution level. The research focuses on the human capital, social capital and employment and economic project priority outcomes of engagement. It decomposes the structural and operational determinants of engagement across a range of university and regional situations.
Factors Associated with Completion of Research Higher Degrees (Latona, K and Browne, M, 2001)
This paper is based on a review of the contemporary literature on factors which influence students and lead them to complete their research degree programmes.
The First Year Experience in Australian Universities: Findings from a Decade of National Studies
The purpose of the project was to extend the outcomes of the national studies of the first year student experience conducted by Centre for Studies in Higher Education (CHSE), University of Melbourne, in 1994 and 1999.
Fostering Social Cohesion in Universities: Bridging the Cultural Divide (Smart, D et al, 2000. AEI Publication)
This discussion paper seeks to explore relations between Australian and overseas students.
Funding the Nation’s Research Base: An Evaluation of the Australian Research Council Large Grants Scheme (Grigg, L, 2000)
This is a report on the evaluation of the Large Grants Scheme which is the largest and arguably the most influential of the ARC schemes.
HECS and Fees Manual 2001 (Internet only) (Higher Education Division, 2001)
This manual should be read in conjunction with the legislation governing the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS), the Higher Education Funding Act 1988 (HEFA).
Higher Education Outcome Indicators
These indicators include: Student Retention rate, Student Progress rate, Graduate Full-Time Employment, Graduate Full-Time Study, Graduate Starting Salaries, Course Experience Questionnaire (Overall Satisfaction) indicators.
Higher Education: Report for the 2001-2003 Triennium (Higher Education Division)
This report on Australian higher education outlines developments in the sector arising from the responses of institutions to changes in their operating environment and developments in government policies affecting higher education.
Identifying the Changing Needs of Australian Coursework Postgraduate Students (Coulthard, D, 2000)
This report explores the levels of satisfaction of postgraduate students and the rating of the quality of services and resources.
Indigenous Participation in Higher Education (Higher Education Division, 2000)
This paper focuses on indigenous participation in Higher Education.
Knowledge and Innovation: A Policy Statement on Research and Research Training (Research White Paper, 1999)
This statement announces major changes to the current arrangements for funding to higher education research with the aim of meeting the objectives outlined in the discussion paper ‘New Knowledge, New Opportunities’, which outlined the government’s vision for higher education research in Australia.
Multi-Partner Campuses: The Future of Australian Higher Education? (Shoemaker, A et al, 2000)
The report gives a ‘snapshot’ of current Australian and international practices in the creation and management of multi-partner campuses and their regional relationships. It also outlines theories about optimal Learning Regions with the potential for cross-sectoral campuses in the years ahead.
New Knowledge, New Opportunities: A Discussion Paper on Higher Education Research and Research Training (Research Green Paper, 1999)
The paper discusses strategies for increasing diversity in research patterns and plans in Australian universities. Objectives are to encourage strategic focus within the research effort and to reward those who provide excellence in research and research training.
The 1999 Post-Graduate Research Experience Questionnaire (EIP Publication 01/4, 2001)
The Postgraduate Research Experience Questionnaire is designed to provide information on the educational experiences of students in higher research degree courses in Australian institutions.
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Australian Higher Education: An Assessment of Australian and International Practice (Anderson D. et al, 2000)
This paper discusses issues in accreditation and quality assurance and assessment and outlines the present situation in Australia.
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Australian Higher Education: A National Seminar on Future Arrangements (Skilbeck, M and Connell, H, 2000)
A national seminar on future plans and arrangements for quality assurance and accreditation in Australian higher education was held in Canberra on 9–10 December, 1999. This seminar was sponsored jointly by three agencies: the Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs; the OECD’s Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme; and the University of New England’s Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy (CHEMP). The seminar considered several developments over the last decade both within Australia and internationally which have changed perceived requirements for quality assurance in higher education.
Quality of Australian Higher Education - Institutional Quality Assurance and Improvement Plans for the 2000 – 2002 Triennium (Higher Education Division, 2001)
This report details the Quality Assurance and Improvement Plans submitted by all triennially-funded institutions to the Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs as part of the educational profiles process.
Repositioning Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Australian Higher Education (Harman, G and Meek, L, 2000)
This report assists in developing an improved national approach to both quality assurance and accreditation.
Survey of Private Providers in Australian Higher Education 1999 (Watson, L, 2000)
The report presents the findings of a national survey of private providers of higher education in Australia.