Course admissions still work in progress

The feds have commissioned market research into “admissions transparency.” We have been here before

A long time ago under a government now gone away the Higher Education Standards Panel inquired into how UG entry standards are explained. The death star they discovered was impenetrable ATAR requirements.

“a paradoxical situation has arisen. Entry into universities has become more equitable. Yet there is evidence that families with less experience of higher education, which are economically disadvantaged or live in regional Australia, are less able to understand how admissions processes operate,” HESP warned (CMM November 16 2016).

And so there were changes, to standardise terminology and present data consistently across institutions.

But apparently that was not that and the Department of Education, Skills and Employment now has researchers looking at what needs to change next.

“The current market research is looking to review the changes that were made regarding admission transparency and explore how information could be included and presented for postgraduate and international students.” DESE states.