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

2008 Year

The implementation of the new tertiary education system began in January 2008. The three-year investment plans for 110 tertiary education organisations were finalised in 2008 and the remaining plans are expected to be finalised by 2009.

More information about the implementation of the new tertiary education system is outlined in the postscript to this report and in the forward-looking commentaries included in the chapters that follow.

Statistics and research

"Profile & Trends 2007" has an associated set of statistical tables available on the Education Counts website – www.educationcounts.govt.nz. These statistics are used to inform the analysis contained in this report and the tables provide comprehensive coverage of the key trends in the sector’s performance. The topics covered are: resourcing, financials, human resources, research, student support, targeted training programmes, the Secondary-Tertiary Alignment Resource, adult and community education, industry training, enrolments, equivalent full-time student units, participation rates, completion rates, retention rates, attrition rates, progression rates, and outcomes.

More tertiary education material, including information on tertiary education providers, students and other relevant material can be found on the Education Counts website and on the websites of the Ministry of Education and the Tertiary Education Commission.

The statistics in "Profile & Trends 2007" are for the year ended 31 December 2007 and have been sourced from the Ministry of Education, unless otherwise stated.