W(h)ither the Honours Degree in Australian Universities?

Autor/inn/en	Horstmanshof, Louise; Boyd, Bill
Titel	W(h)ither the Honours Degree in Australian Universities?
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 61 (2019) 2, S.14-20 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Honors Curriculum; Bachelors Degrees; Higher Education; Universities; Undergraduate Students; Educational Trends; Role of Education; National Standards; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsauftrag; Australien
Abstract	Australian universities offer diverse approaches to bachelor's (honours) degrees as a means of dealing with a range of contemporary demands. These demands include responding to (i) the Bologna Declaration, (ii) tensions between the conventional role for honours as a PhD pathway and an emerging role for honours as professional development, and (iii) the rigid Commonwealth funding model for honours. Benchmarking of honours across the Australian higher education sector remains problematic, much as it did in the 2009 Australian Learning and Teaching Council review of Australian honours programs. Little research into honours degrees has been done since that review. Nevertheless, while honours degrees continue as a pathway to higher degree research, other modes of honours and other programs (e.g. master's) vie for equivalent status in the Australian higher education sector, each seeking to adapt to professional development and accreditation education demands. These shifts raise questions about the role of honours in Australian higher education, hence our question, 'W(h)ither the honours degree in Australian universities?' (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01