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Answering the Call: Institutions and States Lead the Way Toward Better Measures of Postsecondary Performance

Added 15 February 2016 by ncsehe

Written by Dr Jennifer Engle, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In an era of escalating costs and uncertain outcomes, it is imperative that prospective students, policymakers, ...

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Evaluation of the National Scholarship Programme: Year 4

Added 11 February 2016 by ncsehe

Report to HEFCE written by Lindsey Bowes, Rachel Moreton, Liz Thomas, Jonathan Sheen, Guy Birkin and Sally Richards (CFE Research and Edge Hill University) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report concludes ...

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School factors helping disadvantaged students to succeed: empirical evidence from four Italian cities

Added 9 February 2016 by ncsehe

Written by Tommaso Agasisti, Mara Soncin & Riccardo Valenti 1. MOTIVATION, BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH QUESTION A key challenge for policy-makers is to ensure that a country’s education system ...

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Choosing University: The Impact of Schools and Schooling

Added 16 October 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Jenny Gore, Kathryn Holmes, Max Smith, Andrew Lyell, Hywel Ellis and Leanne Fray, The University of Newcastle, Australia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Project aims This project, Choosing ...

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A Guide for Educators in Higher Education: Responding to diversity for positive academic outcomes

Added 1 October 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Dr Jill Scevak, Dr Erica Southgate, Dr Mark Rubin, Ms Suzanne Macqueen, Dr Heather Douglas and Mr Paul Williams, The University of Newcastle Australia Introduction Recent government ...

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Equity Groups and Predictors of Academic Success in Higher Education

Added 1 October 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Dr Jill Scevak, Dr Erica Southgate, Dr Mark Rubin, Ms Suzanne Macqueen, Dr Heather Douglas and Mr Paul Williams, The University of Newcastle Australia Executive Summary Research ...

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Do individual background characteristics influence tertiary completion rates?

Added 14 September 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Patrick Lim, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With a push to increase university undergraduate enrolments, there is the subsequent issue of ...

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Student Equity Performance in Australian Higher Education: 2007 to 2014

Added 10 September 2015 by ncsehe

Briefing Note written by Paul Koshy and Richard Seymour, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) INTRODUCTION This NCSEHE Briefing Note provides an update on domestic ...

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Widening Tertiary Participation Queensland: Student Ambassador Investigations

Added 13 August 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Cathy Cupitt and Diane Costello (NCSEHE), and Geoffrey Mitchell (Queensland Government Department of Education and Training) STUDENT AMBASSADOR INVESTIGATIONS 1.1 Introduction The use ...

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Supporting school-university pathways for refugee students’ access and participation in tertiary education

Added 23 July 2015 by ncsehe

OLT-funded case study report written by Associate Professor Loshini Naidoo (University of Western Sydney), Associate Professor Jane Wilkinson (Monash University), Dr Kiprono Langat (Charles Sturt ...

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