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Recommendations - A New Pathway for Adult Learners: Evaluation of a School-University Access Pilot

That the retention, success and transition rates into university level study of the five 2004 UniSA-PAL cohorts be monitored and compared
- with each other
- with those of the 2002 and 2003 UniSA-PAL students
- with those of the Diploma in University Studies students
- and with other comparable courses.
That the demographic, previous education levels and other characteristics of students entering the UniSA-PAL course and those undertaking the Diploma in University Studies be monitored in 2004 and subsequently to establish whether these two pathways for disadvantaged adults cater for broadly similar students who have distinct access needs and learning preferences, as suggested by this research, and to identify these access and learning characteristics more precisely.
That the retention and success rates of the students entering university programs by means of the UniSA-PAL course in 2004 and beyond be monitored and compared with entry by means of other bridging and preparatory courses.
That the implications for adult re-entry secondary education be explored of the recent certification of the UniSA-PAL course as comparable to the South Australian senior secondary certificate of completion.
That the retention, success and transition rates to post secondary education and training of the year 13 cohort of 2004 UniSA-PAL students be monitored and implications of this data explored for other cohorts of students in danger of non-completion of secondary education.
That the particular arrangements for and outcomes of the 2005 UniSA-PAL Indigenous students’ cohort in the northern suburbs of Adelaide be monitored for their implications and possible application elsewhere.
That other universities explore the replication of the UniSA-PAL arrangement as a pathway into their programs for disadvantaged adults, and identify prospective partners in the adult re-entry secondary education sector.