Higher Education Update

Published bi-annually, the ACER Higher Education Update provides an overview of our contributions to higher education research and development.

ACER Higher Education Update 9 – February 2012

In this issue:

Planning growth

• Growth targets and student numbers
• University retention and completion rates have improved
• Future academics need encouragement to stay in Australia
• Informing tertiary education planningCapturing outcomes

Capturing outcomes

• AHELO fieldwork goes live
• Assessing interpersonal understandings
• Quality assurance research and its relevance to China
• Tracking International Baccalaureate graduates’ tertiary achievement

Assessment collaborations

• Innovative international assessment communities evolve
• Higher Education Assessment Symposia

Improving engagement

• Student engagement under the microscope
• Weaving work into higher education

Previous Issues

ACER Higher Education Update 8 - August 2011

ACER Higher Education Update 7 - February 2011

ACER Higher Education Update 6 - September 2010

ACER Higher Education Update 5 - February 2010

ACER Higher Education Update 4 - July 2009

ACER Higher Education Update 3 - December 2008

ACER Higher Education Update 2 - August 2008

ACER Higher Education Update 1 - December 2007