Conference proceeding
Benchmarking Australian enabling programs for a national framework of standards
Proceedings of Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference, Vol.2023
Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference, 2023 (Brisbane, 03/07/2023 - 05/07/2023)
05/07/2023
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Abstract
Enabling education programs in Australia assist students who would otherwise have been excluded from higher education to transition into undergraduate study.
These programs emerged independently in response to the needs of individual universities and the varying cohorts of students they serve. The exclusion of these
programs from the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has meant they remain unregulated, with no national framework for standards. The development
of academic standards is a dynamic, consensus driven process, and benchmarking provides a method through which academics from across institutions can work in partnership to reach shared understandings, and improve and align practices. This Good Practice Report outlines the results of the first comprehensive crossinstitutional benchmarking project involving nine Australian universities, and demonstrates there is shared understanding of the standards of enabling programs between institutions. These findings will contribute to the establishment of national standards for enabling programs in Australia.
Details
- Title
- Benchmarking Australian enabling programs for a national framework of standards
- Creators
- Charmaine Davis (Author) - University of Southern QueenslandChris Cook (Author) - Central Queensland UniversitySuzi C Syme (Author) - Southern Cross UniversitySarah Dempster (Author) - University of TasmaniaLisa Duffy (Author) - Edith Cowan UniversitySarah Hattam (Author) - University of South AustraliaGeorge Lambrinidis (Author) - Charles Darwin UniversityKathy Lawson (Author) - Curtin UniversityStuart Levy (Author) - Federation University
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference, Vol.2023
- Conference
- Students Transitions Achievement Retention & Success Conference, 2023 (Brisbane, 03/07/2023 - 05/07/2023)
- Publisher
- STARS
- Identifiers
- 991013187813602368
- Academic Unit
- SCU College
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Local Fields
- Original Research - SoLT