Organisation
Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success
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Acronym:
ACSES
Alternate Name:
National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education
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School experiences, career guidance, and the university participation of young people from three equity groups in Australia
Abstract Career guidance and positive secondary school experiences have a significant bearing on equity students’ propensity to enrol in tertiary education. This report provides new, contemporary Australian evidence on the interrelations between equity group membership, school experiences and university enrolment in young people from advantaged and disadvantaged social strata. Background
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Opportunity through online learning: improving student access, participation and success in higher education
This report outlines research from Australia and the UK informing ten 'National Guidelines to Improve Student Outcomes in Online Education'.
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Factors influencing university student satisfaction, dropout and academic performance: an Australian higher education equity perspective
Equity groups have increasing access to higher education enrolment, but factors including health, finance and disposition towards study can contribute to the decision of disadvantaged students to drop out of university study. This study looked at the determinants of student satisfaction and academic outcomes at university, with a focus on equity group differences. Background The...
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Regional student participation and migration: analysis of factors influencing regional student participation and internal migration in Australian higher education
This research study examines regional student participation and migration by use of novel data sources and analytic techniques. The data and techniques utilised within the study provide insights that are relevant to contemporary higher education policy challenges and reform processes This study builds our knowledge of regional student participation and mobility through quantitative analysis of:
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Access to higher education: does distance impact students’ intentions to attend university?
Data analysis indicates distance is a predictor of students’ intentions to attend university, net of selected demographic and socio-economic variables. This report applies statistical modelling and geo-mapping to existing data, contributing to current literature as well as indicating an ongoing advancement from discrete categorisation to continuous measures of students’ distance from higher education providers. Background...