ERIC Number: ED610513
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Aug
Pages: 17
Abstractor: ERIC
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Improving the Transparency of Higher Education Admissions
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
In 2016, following a request from the Minister for Education and Training, the Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP, 'the Panel') delivered 14 recommendations to achieve greater transparency in the admissions information for higher education. This report presents the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency's (TEQSA's) summative evaluation of the sector's responses against the Panel's recommendations and the Implementation Working Group's (IWG's) Phase Two Common Terminology and Information Sets ('Phase Two Information Sets'). TEQSA's evaluation focussed on the requirements and activities outlined in the IWG's documents that are relevant to the agency and did not explore outcomes beyond this scope in detail. In undertaking its evaluation, TEQSA adopted a stratified sampling method comprising an evaluation of 64 of the 111 providers that deliver higher education to domestic undergraduate students (28 universities, 36 higher education providers). Overall, TEQSA found that there have been improvements in the transparency of admissions information, with the majority of sampled providers (92 per cent; 59 out of 64 providers) being found to have engaged with the Panel's recommendations by implementing changes to their admissions information. TEQSA identified several areas for further improvement within the sector.
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Educational Quality, Standards, Summative Evaluation, Advisory Committees, Public Agencies, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Access to Information, College Applicants, Web Sites, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics
Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. TEQSA GPO Box 1672, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3001. Tel: 1300-739-585; Fax: 1300-739-586; e-mail: enquiries@teqsa.gov.au; Web site: http://www.teqsa.gov.au
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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