Publications

Profile & Trends 2007: New Zealand's Tertiary Education Sector

Publication Details

This is edition ten in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2007 has an associated set of tables available on the Tertiary Education Statistics page here on Education Counts.

The short articles in Profile & Trends 2007 include the following topics: People in tertiary education over time: the cumulative cohort participation rate, International tertiary education, Raising the literacy, language and numeracy skills of the workforce, Identifying patterns of research performance in New Zealand's universities.

Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education

Date Published: November 2008

Links to the tertiary education research summaries and short analyses

Profile & Trends 2007 contains a number of short articles covering a wide range of topics of interest to the sector’s stakeholders and those who are involved in the provision of tertiary education. Links to download these articles as MS Word documents are listed below: 

Tertiary Education Outcomes

  1.  OECD thematic review: Tertiary education for the knowledge society [MS Word, 113 kb]
  2.  The educational inheritance of New Zealanders [MS Word, 87 kb]
  3.  Higher-level education is strongly associated with greater skills [MS Word, 72 kb]
  4.  Tertiary education and productivity [MS Word, 66 kb]
  5.  Healthy and wise – does education improve wellbeing? [MS Word, 128 kb]

Learners in Tertiary Education

  1.  International tertiary education [MS Word, 110 kb]
  2.  Literacy and numeracy in New Zealand: findings from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey [MS Word, 79 kb]
  3.  Transitions from school to tertiary study [MS Word, 222 kb]
  4.  Raising the literacy, language and numeracy skills of the workforce? [MS Word, 41 kb]
  5.  Progression to further study within institutions [MS Word, 74 kb]
  6.  People in tertiary education over time:  the cumulative cohort participation rate [MS Word, 103 kb]
  7.  Financial support for students may result in better qualifications and a better-paying job [MS Word, 120 kb]
  8.  The impact of student support policies [MS Word, 1.9 mb]

Research and Knowledge Creation

  1.  Identifying patterns of research performance in New Zealand’s universities [MS Word, 120 kb]
  2.  The concentration of New Zealand and Australian university research funding [MS Word, 170 kb]

Tertiary Education Section Capability

  1.  The tertiary education workforce: a census income analysis by gender and ethnic group [MS Word, 154 kb]
  2.  In step or out of step? – government tertiary education funding by age group [MS Word, 61 kb]
  3.  International funding comparisons [MS Word, 60 kb]


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