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Hore, Terry; West, Leo – Notes on Higher Education, 1979
Topics from the Williams Committee Report and implications for Monash University and Australian higher education are considered. After considering strengths and weaknesses of the report, attention is directed to the potential for growth in higher education, contracting and recurrent education, access/selection and attrition, efficiency and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Admission Criteria, College Faculty
One Vision, Two Windows: Educational Self Determination for Indigenous Peoples of Central Australia.
Iversen, Geoff; Thomas, Priscilla – 1999
In 1992, the South Australian Minister of Education granted operational control of schooling in the remote Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands to the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee (PYEC). PYEC is composed of Aboriginal community members (Anangu) who largely retain their traditional values and customs. This means that generally…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Accountability, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences

McInnis, Craig – Higher Education Management, 1996
Surveys of Australian college faculty, conducted in 1977 and 1993, provide data for tracing trends in workload. While time devoted to teaching and research have remained stable, changes at the margins of academic workload are considerable. These tasks are largely generated by demands of institutional competition, accountability, and quality…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Policy, College Administration, College Faculty
Su, Zhixin; Gamage, David; Mininberg, Elliot – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2005
This article examines American and Australian school principals' fundamental values regarding the purpose of schools. It also illustrates their views on school reform and the role of the principal in reform, and compares their visions of the purpose of schools--the ideal schools in the 21st century. Data reveal that the majority of American and…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Public Schools, School Restructuring, Community Involvement
Online Evaluations of Teaching: An Examination of Current Practice and Considerations for the Future
Ballantyne, Christina – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2003
As the World Wide Web becomes an integral part of higher education, universities must determine the viability of using the Internet for their student evaluation systems. This chapter highlights important online-student-rating issues raised in this volume and in other research through a case study of Murdoch University's (Perth, Australia) online…
Descriptors: Internet, Student Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Higher Education
Powell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1982
Seven articles on higher education research and development are presented, including a review of higher education research pertaining to equality of opportunity and accountability. Remaining articles cover the following: an evaluation of college-level student services in Australia; perceptions of academic scientists, employers, graduates and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Students
Western Australia Post Secondary Education Commission, Nedlands. – 1985
Two models for the structure of college/university Senates and Councils in in Western Australia are proposed, and 50 recommendations of the Tertiary Institutions Governance Committee are presented. The Committee reviewed the governance of: the Senates of the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University, and the Councils of the Western…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Administrators, Advisory Committees
Labon, Don – 1999
This report details a study of how inclusive practices for students with disabilities are being developed and implemented in eight countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The study aimed to describe national, regional, and local policies on inclusion and school-based practices and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development

Campbell, Anne – Babel: Australia, 1995
Discusses the linkage of quality with accountability in professional development programs in Australia, with specific reference to the effect on second-language teachers. The article notes that, since the introduction of the Statements and Profiles, the Australian government has stressed the need for cooperation between the various sectors…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Cooperation, Educational Finance
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1998
This paper has been written as a supporting paper to "A Bridge to the Future: Australia's National Strategy for Vocational Education and Training 1998-2003" (ED 420 764). Because vocational education and training (VET) activities constitute a major expenditure for Australia's federal, state, and territory governments, effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Educational Finance
Van Duzer, Carol H.; Berdan, Robert – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
This chapter seeks to provide the field of education for adult English speakers of other languages--at local, state, and national levels--with a timely overview of the state of assessment in adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs in the United States. It also seeks to provide a brief description of assessment reform…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Bishop, John – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Most other nations have a very different approach to measuring academic achievement at the end of high school and signaling that information to universities and other interested parties. In Australia, Denmark, England, Scotland, Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and many Canadian and German provinces, for example, high school exit…
Descriptors: Minimum Competency Testing, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Attendance
Noonan, Donna; Thomas, Ian – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
The greening of universities has been on the international agenda for at least a decade. While there has been considerable activity at some universities overseas, progress in Australian universities has been less easily identifiable. Also, the term "greening" has often been taken to apply to the operations of a university, whereas the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Curriculum Development, Sustainable Development
Nightingale, Peggy; O'Neil, Mike – 1994
This volume on quality learning in higher education discusses issues of good practice particularly action learning and Total Quality Management (TQM)-type strategies and illustrates them with seven case studies in Australia and the United Kingdom. Chapter 1 discusses issues and problems in defining quality in higher education. Chapter 2 looks at…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, College Faculty, College Outcomes Assessment
Simpkins, W. S. – 1981
Australian school administration, according to the author of this bibliography, is currently moving away from a traditional, centralized structure and toward structures calling for the participation of subordinates or outsiders. The journal articles and books catalogued in this document treat several of the ramifications of these changes in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Community Involvement