Good Practice Note: Improving Retention and Completion of Students in Australian Higher Education

Institution	Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
Titel	Good Practice Note: Improving Retention and Completion of Students in Australian Higher Education
Quelle	(2020), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; School Holding Power; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Best Practices; College Preparation; College Admission; School Orientation; Transitional Programs; Student Needs; English (Second Language); Enrollment Management; At Risk Students; Identification; Career Guidance; Academic Support Services; Student School Relationship; Sense of Community; Student Diversity; Indigenous Populations; Rural Population; Foreign Students; Student Welfare; Learner Engagement; Nontraditional Students; College Freshmen; Academic Persistence; Academic Achievement; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Berufsorientierung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Sinti und Roma; Landbevölkerung; Studentenseelsorge; Studienanfänger; Schulleistung; Australien
Abstract	Good practice notes offer practical advice and examples of good practice to guide operations in regard to specific, higher education issues. The good practice notes are intended to support and promote the quality assurance approaches of providers. This Good Practice Note identifies examples of good practice in Australian higher education providers in relation to increasing the retention and completion of students in their courses of study. Work undertaken by the Higher Education Standards Panel (HESP) in 2017, which included a long time-series analysis of retention in the Australian higher education system, showed that while national retention rates fell between 2011 and 2014, the 2014 rate was similar to the sector rate in 2005. Poor retention has an impact at both the institutional and individual student levels in terms of waste of resources and effort. Students who discontinue undergraduate studies frequently incur student debt. These students often consider that they have gained little benefit from their investment before dropping out. The Australian Government is keen to improve retention and success of higher education students and is interested in the reasons for the difference in retention rates between institutions. Consequently, the Minister for Education, the Hon Dan Tehan, asked the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) to develop this Good Practice Note, which identifies innovative and effective approaches used by those providers showing strong and/or improving retention and completion rates. This Note provides exemplars, which have been identified through an analysis of providers' retention strategies submitted in response to a request from the Minister. An in-depth investigation of the specific strategies used by providers identified through TEQSA's annual risk assessment process as showing improved or high retention over the last five years yielded further exemplars of good practice. The latter have been explored through a structured interview process with the identified providers. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Government Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency. TEQSA GPO Box 1672, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3001. Tel: 1300-739-585; Fax: 1300-739-586; e-mail: enquiries@teqsa.gov.au; Web site: http://www.teqsa.gov.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01