From Design and Implementation to Impact of Quality Assurance: An Overview of Some Studies into what Impacts Improvement |
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| Authors: | Don F Westerheijden Veerle Hulpiau Kim Waeytens |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Twente , The Netherlands d.f.westerheijden@utwente.nl;3. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Leuven, Belgium;4. Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven , Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Access to university has improved following the massification of the Australian higher education sector which started in 1989, with the expansion being funded by a widening of the funding base. In the ten years from 1989, Australian universities enrolled an additional 231,000 students, including an extra 189,000 in undergraduate bachelor degrees. Specific equity policies have further attempted to increase opportunities for students previously excluded from higher education. This paper looks at changes in the composition of the student body, and in the patterns of university funding. Using aggregated national student data sets, some of the changes which have arisen from massification are identified, with particular consideration of designated equity groups. |
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