Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards
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...
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Queensland University of Technology
2023-07-01
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| author | Charmaine Davis Chris Cook Suzi Syme Sarah Dempster Lisa Duffy Sarah Hattam George Lambrinidis Kathy Lawson Stuart Levy |
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| description | 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 practice report outlines the results of the first comprehensive cross-institutional 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-449ad6cbb6e646bb9354a66cbb302e422023-07-16T23:08:31ZengQueensland University of TechnologyStudent Success2205-07952023-07-01142414910.5204/ssj.28413164Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of StandardsCharmaine Davis0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2194-2307Chris Cook1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-638XSuzi Syme2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-0286Sarah Dempster3Lisa Duffy4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8681-9206Sarah Hattam5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3667-6753George Lambrinidis6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8771-1304Kathy Lawson7Stuart Levy8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-8870University of Southern QueenslandCQUniversitySouthern Cross UniversityUniversity of TasmaniaEdith Cowan UniversityUniversity of South AustraliaCharles Darwin UniversityCurtin UniversityFederation University AustraliaEnabling 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 practice report outlines the results of the first comprehensive cross-institutional 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.https://studentsuccessjournal.org/article/view/2841enabling educationpathwaysbenchmarkinghigher educationpreparatory programsacademic standards |
| spellingShingle | Charmaine Davis Chris Cook Suzi Syme Sarah Dempster Lisa Duffy Sarah Hattam George Lambrinidis Kathy Lawson Stuart Levy Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards Student Success enabling education pathways benchmarking higher education preparatory programs academic standards |
| title | Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards |
| title_full | Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards |
| title_fullStr | Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards |
| title_full_unstemmed | Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards |
| title_short | Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs for a National Framework of Standards |
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| topic | enabling education pathways benchmarking higher education preparatory programs academic standards |
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