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Prieto, Elena; Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid; O'Connor, John; Page, Adrian; Husher, Kira – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2009
The decline in engineering degree enrolments in many western nations poses a range of challenges that are easy to identify but difficult to address. There have been at least 30 major reports on the issue of engineering enrolments in universities and a great many more on an allied issue, enrolments and achievement in science and maths areas at a…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Enrollment Influences, Research Reports
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Holbrook, Allyson; Bourke, Sid; Lovat, Terry; Fairbairn, Hedy – Australian Journal of Education, 2008
This is a mixed methods investigation of consistency in PhD examination. At its core is the quantification of the content and conceptual analysis of examiner reports for 804 Australian theses. First, the level of consistency between what examiners say in their reports and the recommendation they provide for a thesis is explored, followed by an…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Examiners, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries