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Playing by the Many Rules: Taught Masters and Their Assessment Regulations
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Shaun Le Boutillier; Harvey Woolf; Marie Stowell; Cathi Fredricks; Jo Coward; Graham Taylor-Russell – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2024
In recent years the taught masters course has become an even more important component of the curriculum portfolio for universities in the UK and elsewhere. In the spring of 2021, the Student Assessment and Classification Working Group (SACWG) surveyed a small number of English and Welsh universities to compare assessment regulations for taught…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Degree Requirements, Evaluation, Masters Programs
South African Private Universities: The Unique Challenges of Private University First-Generation Students -- The Unique Opportunity for Private Higher Education Institutions
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Linda Meyer; Birgit Schreiber – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2024
This article delves into the formidable obstacles first-generation students (FGS) encounter within the South African private higher education sector which locates the study on which it is based in the literature around the overall experience of first-generation students. Extensive research has underscored the various challenges faced by FGS,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Universities, First Generation College Students
The Impact of Multidisciplinary Program Requirements on Student Attitudes toward Sustainability and Education for Sustainability
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Natasha Pennell; Gabriela Sabau – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the role of multidisciplinary course requirements in shaping student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainable development. Previous research indicates that students conceptualize sustainability based on their academic discipline; thus, this research investigates whether there is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Approach
Normative Power in Higher Education: The Ghost of Inherent Requirements
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Trevor McCandless; Tim Corcoran; Ben Whitburn – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This paper presents an analysis of two surveys that were conducted in an Australian university's School of Education, investigating how students and staff understood the inherent requirements of their courses. The survey results highlight that despite there being no explicit written inherent requirement statements for these courses both staff and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools of Education, College Students, Faculty
Curriculum across the Great Divide: Exploring a Key Problem of Australian Tertiary Education
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Steven Hodge; Hugh Guthrie; Anne Jones; Melinda Waters – International Journal of Training Research, 2024
Tertiary education in Australia is dominated by a division between two large systems of provision: vocational education and training (VET) and higher education (HE). Over time, these tertiary education sectors have become distinct in several respects, including the way curriculum is conceived and practiced. In VET, competency-based training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Curriculum Research
University System & Multiple Enrollment Policy: Dropout and Graduation Clusters
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Alexander Karl Ferdinand Loder – Cogent Education, 2024
Dropout of university students can have negative consequences for students' futures as well as for university income. University systems with a multiple enrollment policy may offer students benefits, such as a second chance to graduate instead of dropping out. However, little is known about the outcome constellations (graduation, dropout) of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dropouts, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research