Pathways through higher education – from admissions to graduate outcomes ACER Insights
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Pathways through higher education – from admissions to graduate outcomes ACER Insights Dr. Daniel Edwards ACPET Higher Education Symposium Sydney, 3 February, 2012
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Pathways through higher education – from admissions to graduate
outcomes
ACER Insights
Dr. Daniel Edwards
ACPET Higher Education SymposiumSydney, 3 February, 2012
Overview• What we do and what we know• Insights from our research:
Workforce outcomes
Admissions
EngagementRetention
Learning outcomes
Workforce outcomes
Admissions
EngagementRetention
Learning outcomes
Admissions
• Context:• Growth and ambitious targets for attainment• Need to ‘tap’ new student markets• Demand driven system opening up for public
HEIs• Private providers crucial part of growth and
sustainability of growth
Admissions
• So – How do we promote growth, but maintain quality?• Admissions systems/policy an important facet
in achieving targets while maintaining quality.• Work we have done with DEEWR and ACPET
provides some viable alternatives to the traditional single metric Yr12 score entry
Admissions
• 2007-2010 Student Aptitude Test for Tertiary Admissions pilot program
• UniTest and Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) piloted to evaluate use as an admissions instrument – supplementary to school results or prior learning
• Evidence suggests these aptitude tests offer opportunity for entry by students otherwise unlikely to gain a place via traditional entry criteria
Admissions
Figure 1: Socioeconomic status by admissions type
Admissions
Figure 2: Impact of low socioeconomic status on uniTEST and Year 12 outcomes, standardised regression coefficients
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Figure 3: Gender by admissions type
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• ACER-ACPET study 2009 found the emphasis of many private HEIs on alternative modes of selection:• interview• statement of intent• letter of recommendation
• Coupled with support mechanisms, providers involved in this study found these effective in enrolling non-traditional cohorts
Admissions
• ACER-ACPET study 2009 found the emphasis of many private HEIs on alternative modes of selection:• interview• statement of intent• letter of recommendation
• Coupled with support mechanisms, providers involved in this study found these effective in enrolling non-traditional cohorts
Workforce outcomes
Admissions
EngagementRetention
Learning outcomes
Engagement & Retention
• Student engagement increasingly recognised as important
• AUSSE (since 2007) has been helping institutions monitor engagement
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Engagement & Retention
Highlighting the link between good relationships and retaining students…
Figure 4: Quality of relationship and departure intentions, AUSSE 2011
Engagement & Retention
…and benchmarking us against other systems
Figure 5: Proportion of student cohort reporting ‘good relationships’ at university by country
Engagement & Retention
Figure 6: Higher education student flows 2002-2003 (students who completed Yr 12 in 2001), LSAY
Other data and research have been assisting us to understand the full story when measuring retention
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Learning Outcomes
• Information gap • Very little reliable information which enables
comparative judgments to be made about the capabilities of students in different institutions and in different countries, or about the quality of teaching.
• As such over-reliance/emphasis on global rankings using research metrics
Learning Outcomes
• Projects underway to change this…• National level – Australian Medical Assessment
Collaboration - AMAC (Aust and NZ medical schools)
• International level – Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes - AHELO (16 countries, three tests)
Workforce outcomes
Admissions
EngagementRetention
Learning outcomes
Workforce Outcomes
• Various collections (Graduate Destinations Survey, Beyond Graduation)
• ACER/DEEWR Graduate Pathways Survey (2008)
• GPS explores pathways 5 years after graduation
Workforce Outcomes
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Figure 7: Relevance of degree to work, by time since graduation (GPS)
Workforce Outcomes
Figure 8: Graduates employment by industry, education and society and culture comparisons, five years out (GPS)
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Workforce Outcomes
Figure 9: Graduate median salaries – selected groups (GPS)
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