Creeping towards reform in Australian higher education

Higher Education Reform in India: Prospects and Challenges

The system of higher education now existing in India was originally implanted by the British rulers in the mid-19th century to serve the colonial economic, political and administrative interests, and in particular, to consolidate and maintain their dominance in the country. It was inherited by the state managers after independence (in 1947) as a colonial legacy, and has been expanded phenomenal...

Australian curriculum reform II: Health and physical education

It is implied by governing organizations that Australia is presently experiencing its first national curriculum reform, when as the title suggests it is the second. However, until now Australian states and territories have been responsible for the education curriculum delivered within schools. The present national curriculum reform promises one curriculum framework for health and physical educa...

Retaining students in Australian higher education: cultural capital, field distinction

In the global phenomenon of widening participation policy in higher education, lower retention rates for students from less advantaged socio-economic circumstances have potential to undermine the social inclusion agenda of HE. This might be an issue in Europe but is not necessarily the case elsewhere. In this paper we consider statistical data on Australian university students from underreprese...

Setting and Monitoring Academic Standards in Australian Higher Education

Effective Flexible Delivery in Higher Education: An Australian Case

In 1999, the Bachelor of Electronic Commerce degree started at the Ipswich campus of the University of Queensland with an initial intake of approximately 50 students. Subjects were offered to students using technology and flexible delivery methods. This paper details the authors' experiences in building and presenting a cornerstone subject, Introduction to Computer-based Information Systems, in...