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Preliminary Findings from the Longitudinal Study of Big Picture Learning Australia University Pathway Students
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John Fischetti; Ann Hill; Debra Lynch; Joanne Pettit; Joanne Rutkowski; Viv White; Deborah Chadwick; Barry Down – Discover Education, 2024
Year 12 students in Big Picture Learning schools across Australia now use portfolios and interviews to apply for and gain entry to their first choice of university degree. They receive admission on the strength of portfolio evidence mapped to a new non-ATAR qualification, known as the International Big Picture Learning Credential (IBPLC). Since…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Guided Pathways, College Admission
Applicants to Medical School: If at First They Don't Succeed, Who Tries Again and Are They Successful?
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Griffin, Barbara; Auton, Jaime; Duvivier, Robbert; Shulruf, Boaz; Hu, Wendy – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2019
This study compared the profile of those who, after initial failure to be selected, choose to reapply to study medicine with those who did not reapply. It also evaluates the chance of a successful outcome for re-applicants. In 2013, 4007 applicants to undergraduate medical schools in the largest state in Australia were unsuccessful. Those who…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Undergraduate Study, Medical Schools, Probability
Lexicographic Decision Rules and Selection for Higher Education.
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Sadler, D. Royce – Australian Journal of Education, 1989
A sequential screening procedure has been proposed in Queensland, based on what is known in decision theory as a 'lexicographic ordering.' The concept is explained, and some of the associated assumptions, implications and shortcomings are examined. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants