Open AccessAustralian Higher Education Equity Ranking Project: Final Report
Author(s) -
Tim Pitman,
Paul Koshy,
Daniel Edwards,
Liang-Cheng Zhang,
Julie McMillan
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.37517/978-1-74286-666-6
Subject(s) - equity (law) , ranking (information retrieval) , indigenous , rank (graph theory) , higher education , political science , medical education , psychology , mathematics education , economic growth , economics , medicine , computer science , mathematics , ecology , combinatorics , machine learning , law , biology
This report details the findings of a feasibility study for the Department of Education and Training (DET) into the development of a higher education student equity ranking index. The purpose of study was to determine whether it was possible to measure higher education equity performance at the institutional level and convey each institution’s relative performance through an ‘equity rank’. The ranking was to be based on institutional performance in regard to equity-group students, including students from low socio-economic backgrounds; students from regional/remote areas of Australia; Indigenous students; students with disability; and students from non-English speaking backgrounds.