This first annual monitoring report tracks the progress of the tertiary education system against the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002-2007 during the initial period of the implementation of the tertiary education reforms from 2002 to 2004.
This report provides new information on how many students pass courses in tertiary education, covering the period 2001 to 2005. The report finds that many students pass all of their courses without necessarily gaining a qualification, suggesting
This project looked at factors associated with participation and achievement in higher-level tertiary education for young people up to the age of 20. One report looks at factors associated with participation at Level 4 and above, the other looks at
This study looks at the likelihood of people leaving school for bachelors level study. It considered school leavers who had gained the University Entrance standard. The study investigated how the decision to go on to bachelors-level study was
There is a limited number of areas where it is clear that increasing the number of people with trade, technical or professional qualifications would definitely reduce skill shortages. These areas are in engineering, building and medical professions.
In April 2014, the writers were commissioned by the Schooling Policy Group, Ministry of Education to review the use of dispositions to teach as entry criteria for Initial Teacher Education (ITE).1 The project purpose was to identify the core