Journal of Institutional Research
The Journal of Institutional Research (JIR) was the professional academic publication of the Australasian Association for Institutional Research (AAIR). It was published between November 1991 and July 2014, and remains freely available on the AAIR website. The JIR officially ceased publication in March 2016. A full archived version of the JIR is available on Pandora*.
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*Pandora is an acronym that stands for Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia. Pandora is Australia’s Web Archive that was originally established by the National Library of Australia in 1996, and is now maintained in collaboration with nine other Australian libraries and cultural collecting organisations.
Volume 19, Number 1
July 2014
Editorial
Author: Sharon Kit
An Investigation of the Relationship Between University Rankings and Graduate Starting Wages
Author: David Carroll
Modelling Continuing Load at Disaggregated Levels
Author: Ewa Seidel
Role Perceptions of Science Academics Who Teach to First-Year Students – The Influence of Gender
Authors: Melanie Jacobs & Gerrie J Jacobs
The Graduate Outcome Project – Using Data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure Project
Author: Malcolm Rees
The Impact of Higher Secondary Assessment Systems on the Tertiary Level Academic Performance – An Empirical Study
Authors: Monir Mir, Hai Wei Fan, Anne Daly & Greg Boland
Volume 18, Number 1
August 2013
Editorial
Author: Sharon Kit
A Panel Data Investigation of the Relationship Between Graduate Job Search and Employment Outcomes
Author: David Carroll
Assigning a Socio-Economic Status Value to Student Records: A Useful Tool for Planning, Reporting and Institutional Research
Authors: Julie Delaney, Ploy Tangtulyangkul & Robert McCormack
Little Fish in a Big Pond: Towards Research Performance Metrics for Smaller Institutions
Authors: Sharon Kitt & Jonathan Wearne
Undergraduate Nursing Studies – The First-Year Experience
Authors: Melanie Birks, Ysanne Chapman, Nicholas Ralph, Carol McPherson, Matt Eliot & Meaghan Coyle
Utilising Benchmarking to Inform Decision-Making at the Institutional Level: A Research-Informed Process
Author: Sara Booth
Volume 17, Number 1
October 2012
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
2012: A Brave New World
Author: Andrea Jeffreys
Sunny Prospects: The Non-school-leaver Segment in South Australia
Author: Roslyn Clermont
Setting Standards in Australian Higher Education?
Author: Scott Thompson-Whiteside
Tracking Student Success: Using an Action Learning Approach to Better Understand the How, What, Where and Why
Authors: Josephine Palermo, David Marr, Jennifer Oriel, Julie Arthur & Don Johnston
A Model for Considering the Financial Sustainability of Learning and Teaching Programs: Concepts and Challenges
Author: David De Bellis
The Changing Role of Planning Units in Universities: Renewing our Approach and Future Directions
Authors: Mahsood Shah & Tom Aumann
Data Governance and Data Quality: Is it on Your Agenda
Authors: Anne Young & Kevin McConkey
Volume 16, Number 2
December 2011
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
An Analysis of Mode Effects in the 2010 Course Experience Questionnaire
Authors: David Carroll
Enrolment Management in Graduate Business Programs: Predicting Student Retention
Authors: Abdolreza Eshghi, Dominique Haughton, Mingfei Li, Linda Senne, Maria Skaletsky & Sam Woolford
Entry Criteria Versus Success in Undergraduate Nursing Courses
Authors: Elisabeth Jacob, Ysanne Chapman, Melanie Birks & Mohammad A Al-Motlaq
Marked for Success: Secondary School Performance and University Achievement in Biology
Authors: Keith Comer, Erik Brogt & Kaylene Sampson
Using Institutional Research Data on Tertiary Performance to Inform Departmental Advice to Secondary Students
Authors: Erik Brogt, Kaylene A Sampson, Keith Comer, Matthew H Turnbull, & Angus R McIntosh
Widening Participation: Challenges Confronting a Research-Intensive University
Authors: Michael Cuthill & Christopher Schmidt
Volume 16, Number 1
July 2011
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
From Data Entry to Evidence-Based Decision-Making: How Data and Analysis Can Drive Improvements in Admissions Policies
Author: Claire Hourigan
Institutional Research in Australasia: Coming of Age or Coming Unstuck?
Authors: Martin Hanlon, Michael Rothery & Rob Daldy
Mapping a Retention Index Across the Student Continuum
Author: CA (Cay) van der Merwe
Projecting Continuing Student Enrolments: A Comparison of Approaches
Authors: Robert Aitken, Anne Young & Kevin McConkey
Student Feedback Surveys: An Holistic Approach to Maximising Their Value to Staff and Students
Authors: Anne Young, Kevin McConkey & Mark Kirby
Unemployment Rates and Starting Salaries: Are Australian Graduates at the Whim of the Wage Curve?
Author: David Carroll
What is the Non-Academic Student Experience and Why is it Important?
Authors: Roshani S De Silva & Cara Garnaut
Volume 15, Number 1
September 2010
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
A Strategic Central Approach to Data Collection and Integration: A Case of a Research-Intensive University
Authors: Chenicheri Sid Nair, Chris Wayland & Patricie Mertova
Enrolling in Higher Education: The Perceptions of Stakeholders
Authors: Mahsood Shah & Chenicheri Sid Nair
Indigenous Students Voices: Monitoring Indigenous Student Satisfaction and Retention in a Large Australian University
Authors: Mahsood Shah & Jacquie Widin
Strategy Process in Higher Education
Author: Juha Kettunen
The Move to a System of Flexible Delivery Mode (Online vs Paper) Unit of Study Student Evaluations at Flinders University. Management Issues and the Study of Initial Changes in Survey Volume, Response Rate and Response Level
Authors: Talitha Bennett & David De Bellis
Volume 14, Number 2
November 2009
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
A Qualitative Study of TAFE Students Exiting from TAFE Programs
Authors: Catherine Buchanan & Raj Sharma
Assuring Quality in Higher Education: The New Zealand Experience
Author: Annie Weir
ICT-enabled Learning: The Student Perspective
Authors: Geoff Scott, Leonid Grebennikov & Terry Gozzard
The New Faculty Members’ Concerns: The Case of Jordanian Universities
Authors: Mahmoud Abu Qudais, Aieman Al-Omari, & Rana Smadi
What Determines Perseverance in Studying Science?
Authors: Kathrin Otrel-Cass, Bronwen Cowie & Alison Campbell
Volume 14, Number 1
November 2008
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
A Discipline-Specific Factor Analysis Approach to Using Student Surveys for Improvement
Authors: Kate Patrick, Anthony Bedford, Stephanie Romagnano, Michelle Bedford & James Barber
Establishing Baseline Data: Using Institutional Data to Learn More About Completion Factors at One New Zealand University
Authors: Austina Clark, Jacques van der Meer & Chikako van Koten
Evaluation of a Large Group Method in an Educational Institution: The World Café Versus Large Group Facilitation
Authors: Christie Fullarton & Josephine Palermo
Improving Student Retention: A University of Western Sydney Case Study
Authors: Geoff Scott, Mahsood Shah, Leonid Grebennikov & Harmanpreet Singh
Institutionalising Interdisciplinary Work in Australia and the UK
Authors: CB Kandiko & P Blackmore
Student Engagement in Two Countries: A Comparative Study Using National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Data
Author: CB Kandiko
University Governance in Uncertain Times: Refocusing on Knowledge Creation and Innovation
Authors: Deborah Blackman, Monica Kennedy, James Swansson & Alice Richardson
University of Western Sydney Students at Risk: Profile and Opportunities for Change
Authors: Leonid Grebennikov & Ivan Skaines
Why are we doing this? Preservice Science Teachers’ Interpretations of the Role of Open Inquiry in Understanding Teaching
Authors: Ahmad Qablan, Martin Balinsky, Yavuz Saka, Sarah Caruthers, Myoung-ok Kim & Sherry Southerland
Volume 13, Number 1
November 2007
Editorial
Author: Josephine Palermo
Clients, Colleagues or Experts? Defining Identities in an Action Research Project
Authors: Angela Coco, Catherine Varnier & Chris Deftereos
Comparative Analysis of Student Surveys on International Student Experience in Higher Education
Authors: Leonid Grebennikov & Ivan Skaines
Generation Y and Higher Education: The Other Y2K
Author: Sally Nimon
International Student Experience: What it is, What it Means and Why it Matters
Authors: Marian Thakur & Clare Hourigan
Study of Australian Multi-Campus Universities
Authors: Geoff Scott, Leonid Grebennikov & Kim Johnston
The Impact of Ranking Systems on Higher Education and its Stakeholders
Author: Marian Thakur
Volume 12, Number 2
October 2003
Attributes of the University Graduate: How important are they?
Author: Dr RA Lewis
Business Graduates Perceptions of the Quality of their Course: A View from the Workplace
Authors: Boris Kabanoff, Alan Richardson & Shane Brown
Earning and Learning: The Importance of Part-time Employment for Full-time Undergraduate University Student Finances in Australia
Authors: Martin Hayden & Michael Long
Implementing a Strategic University Financial Allocation Model During a Major Restructure
Author: Kim Johnston
Scenarios and University Planning
Author: Maree Conway
Volume 12, Number 1
May 2003
Editorial
Authors: Sonia Whiteley & Eric Skuja
A Sustainable Campus: How do we Measure Performance
Authors: Terry Fulljames & Sharon Wheller
Beyond the CEQ: Developing an Integrated approach to student evaluation at the University of South Australia
Authors: Deborah Tranter, Lachian Murdoch & Michelle Circelli
Compliance and the Changing Workplace
Authors: Grace Sylvester & Norma Woodhead
Equity Indicators: Measures of Socio-economic Status at an Australian University
Authors: Genevieve Sinclair, James Doughney & Josephine Palermo
Foresight: Learning from the Future
Author: Maree Conway
The Development of a Course Profile Database
Authors: Lee Rowlands, Scott Nichols & Wendy Maton
University Reviews: Exploring a New and Coordinated Approach
Author: Sue Leahy
Volume 11, Number 2
October 2002
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
A Ricardian Approach to Subject Selection: Some consequences of the Study of Rigorous Maths and Physics
Author: John Ridd
Activity Based Costing as a Performance Tool for Library and Information Technology Services
Author: Trevor Gerdsen
Adoption of Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education: The Case of University of Botswana
Authors: Alice Phiri Shemi & K V Mgaya
Competitive Strategies in Higher Education
Author: Juha Kettunen
Corporate Reforms to Australian Universities: Views from the Academic Heartland
Authors: Richard Winter & James Sarros
Is It So Different? The University Experience of Students with Disability
Author: Jenny Neale
Listening to Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students on Campus: Experiences of Living in University Accommodation
Authors: Ian Rivers & Richard Taulke-Johnson
Responding to Change in an Australian University: A Multi-Campus Study
Author: Carolyn Broadbent
Teachers Experiences of Flexible Learning
Author: John Selander
The DBA in Australia
Authors: James C Sarros, Robert Willis & Robyn Fisher
Volume 11, Number 1
May 2002
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Approaches to Reform at the School of Economic Studies in Mongolia: A Synopsis
Authors: David Hall, Nikolai Lizunov & Harold Thomas
Assessment in Higher Education in the United States and Jordan: A Comparative Study
Authors: Mahmoud Abu Qudais & John Muffo
Data Warehousing: Piloting a Minimalist Approach
Author: Sheila Mukerjee
Distance Education Policy: Facing the Issues of Access
Authors: Al Byers, Barbara Lockee & Steven M Janosik
Facing the Challenges of Exporting Education and Training
Authors: Philip ET Lewis, Don Smart & Kathryn Apenis
First Year Student Attrition and the Moral Responsibility of Universities
Author: Ralph Blunden
Issues in the Ongoing Development of Professional Doctorates: The DBA Example
Authors: Ruth Neumann & Mike Goldstein
Volume 10, Number 2
October 2001
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Entrance Score and Performance: A Three Year Study
Authors: Michael Murphy, Kyri Papanicolau & Roni McDowell
Higher Education and Research and Development (R&D) in East Asia and Latin America: Different Perspectives
Author: Guillermo Cardoza
Rethinking Equity for Students at Monash University
Authors: Fran Ferrier and Margaret Heagney
The Role of Further Study in the Transition to Work and Career Development in Liberal Arts Graduates
Author: Toni Waugh
Towards Entrepreneurial Workers?
Author: Sakari Ahola
What is the Relationship between Indicators of Stress and Academic Performance in First Year University Students? A Prospective Study
Authors: Gwedolyn Tchen, Annie Carter, Peter Gibbons & Patrick McLaughlin
Volume 10, Number 1
May 2001
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
A Decade of Student Evaluation of Teaching: Case Study of an Evolving System
Author: Ruth Neumann
Activity based Costing in an Australian University: A Pilot of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Authors: Ken Heskin & Raj Sharma
Associations among University-level Psychological Environment and Outcomes in Australian Universities
Author: Jeffrey Dorman
Different Modes of Delivery: Does Increased Flexibility Lead to Better Student Outcomes?
Author: Josie Misko
Do we Still Need Student Admin Systems?
Author: Gavin Moodie
E-Learning in Latin America
Authors: Paul Gouvea and Sul Kassicieh
Facing the Future: Are our Organisations Structured to Effectively to Face a Competitive Environment
Author: Robyn Walshe
Higher Education in Macedonia: Some Emerging Managerial Issues
Authors: Bojan Šoptrajanov & Harold Thomas
Opportunity over Constraint: Research Development in a Changing University Structure
Authors: Elizabeth M Deane & Gar Jones
Volume 9, Number 2
September 2000
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Action Learning on the Job: A Technique for Bridging the Gap between Educators and Planners during a Benchmarking Trial
Author: Josephine Palermo
Just Hanging on in There: Why Maori Leave Employment
Author: May Paki-Slater
Performance Based Funding for Universities: University of Wollongong Model
Authors: David MacPherson & Aden Steinke
Research in a Market Driven Environment: Implications for Access and Gender Equity in Universities
Authors: Jan Massey & Nicky Milsom
Sharing the Cost of Higher Education in Europe and Australia — Who pays?
Author: Hans (J.J.) Vossensteyn
Spatial, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of Access to an Urban Public Comprehensive University
Author: Juliette Stoering
The Competing Values Model of Organisational Effectiveness: Its Potential in a Higher Educational Context
Author: James Pounder
Volume 9, Number 1
May 2000
Editorial
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
From Secondary to Tertiary Education in the Netherlands
Authors: Petra Boezerooy & Jeroen Huisman
How School-Leavers Chose a Preferred University Course and Possible Effects on the Quality of the School-University Transition
Author: Richard James
Is it Supplemental Instruction or Just Good Teaching? An Analysis of a Peer Tutoring Experience in a First-year Business Subject
Author: Val Clulow
Learning Better Together: The Impact of Learning Communities on Student Success in Higher Education
Author: Vincent Tinto
Nobody Cares: The Challenge of Isolation in School to University Transition
Author: Mark Peel
Planning for the Transition to Tertiary Study: A Literature Review
Author: Merran Evans
Recipe for Success: Year 12 Subject Choice and the Transition from School to University
Authors: Angel I Calderon, Ian R Dobson & Neil Wentworth
Smoothing the Transition into Higher Education: What Can be Learned from Student Non-completion
Author: Mantz Yorke
The Impact of the Socioeconomic and Pedagogical Environment on the Success of Girls at the End of Primary School
Author: Alice Odounfa Kouadio
The Role of Social Transition in Students: Adjustment to the First-year of University
Author: Tanya Kantanis
Transition to University: The Role of Oral Communication in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Author: Glenda Crosling
Transition: From a School Perspective
Author: Robert Pargetter
Volume 8, Number 2
September 1999
Introduction
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Allocating Awards without Anguish
Author: Pam Herman
Buy or Lease? Outsourcing as a Strategic Decision in Human Resource Management in Tertiary Institutions
Authors: Glyndwr Jones & Kylie Finlayson
Does an Academic Appointment Kill off Research? A Pilot Study in the Biological Sciences
Authors: Elizabeth Deane, Gar Jones, Nicola Lengkeek & Alison Warton
First Destination Graduate Employment as Key Performance Indicator: Outcomes Assessment Perspectives
Author: Johan Bruwer
Multicampus University in Operation: Perceptions of Staff and Students
Authors: Marie H Kavanagh & Sophie V Taysom
Quality Culture: What do Students Actually Value or See Change?
Author: Barbara O’Connor
Regional Cooperation in Postsecondary Education in Europe — The Case of Nordic Countries
Author: Seppo Hölttä
Volume 8, Number 1
May 1999
Introduction
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Customised Performance Indicators: Benchmarks of University Education in the Netherlands
Authors: Peter Hoekstra & Vincent Vendel
Reasons for, and Preconditions to, Devolving Decision-making in New Zealand Universities and Polytechnics
Author: Brian Astill
Review of the under Representation in Australian Higher Education by the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, and the Implications for University Planning
Authors: John Clarke, Bruce Zimmer & Robert Main
Strategic Management of an Australian University in a Competitive Market: Towards Enhancement of Teaching Theory
Author: Elizabeth Harman
Student Withdrawal during the First Year of Higher Education in England
Author: Mantz Yorke
The Millennium Bug that Ate the World
Author: Preston Howard
Volume 7, Number 2
September 1998
Introduction
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
Academics and Administrators: Competitive Collaborators?
Author: Maree Conway
Institutional Characteristics and the Relationship Between Students First-Year University and Final-Year Secondary School Academic Performance
Authors: Merran Evans & Alan Farley
Internationalisation Strategies as a Response to Market Forces — Directions and Trends
Authors: Graham Pratt & David Poole
Investigating Differences in Undergraduate Performance at the University of Cambridge
Authors: Patrick I Leman & Chris Mann
Measuring Equal Opportunity Climate in Australian Universities
Authors: Dasia Black-Gutman, Paul Chesterton & Dan Landis
Using Geographical Information Systems to Improve Equity in Access to Tertiary Education in Australia
Author: Graeme Hugo
Volume 7, Number 1
May 1998
Introduction
Authors: Angel J Calderon & Ian R Dobson
An Analysis of The Quality of Lecturing Behaviour from the Students Perspective
Author: Vivienne Wood
Equity or Stability — the Dilemma of a New Funding Model
Author: Helen Ross
Graduate Attributes Survey (GAS): Results of a Pilot Study
Author: Colleen B Liston
Identifying Policies to Improve Recruitment, Retention and Performance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Tertiary Education
Authors: Bernard T Harrison, John Godfrey & Gary Partington
Pegs or Holes as the Focus of Change: Indigenous Students and Institutions of Higher Education
Author: Bronwyn Ellis
Size, Shape and Structure: Dimensions of Access and Equity in Proposals for the Future Development of British Higher Education
Author: Gareth Parry
State Training Profiles: Rural Vocational Education and Training Statistics and Funding Issues
Author: Martina Nicholls
Striking the Balance — Developing a Research Based Culture from Scratch
Authors: Mike Beverland &Phil Bretherton
Volume 6, Number 2
September 1997
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Gap Model as a Framework for Assessing the Quality of Higher Education
Author: Donna Bell
Diversity and the New Binary System in Australian Higher Education
Authors: Eric Skuja, John R Clarke & Damien Birnty
How Do Rural Students Choose Their Higher Education Institutions? Two Regional Australian Cases
Authors: Wayne Binney & Chris Martin
Leadership in the University Research Centre: Two Australian Cases
Authors: Mary E Zajkowski & Stephen R Dakin
Meeting Community Needs: A Survey of Student and Employer Perceptions of Co-operative Education
Authors: Raj Sharma & Siva Sivagnanam
Public/Private Partnership: The Future?
Author: Michael Mackim
Stakeholders Beliefs about the Institution: To Agree or Not to Agree
Authors: Andrew Martin, Jo Mime-Home, Jenny Barrett & Edward Spalding
Women’s Access to Medical Training in Australia: An Equity Issue?
Author: Ian R Dobson
Volume 6, Number 1
May 1997
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
Blending Business and Academic Cultures in New Zealand Higher Education: The Evolving Experience of UNITEC Institute of Technology
Authors: Andrew Codling & Chris Wright
Building Futures: Challenges of an Alternative Paradigm for Organisational Learning and its Management
Author: Val Roche
Dealing with Diversity: Students Aspirations and Proficiencies
Author: Ray Cologon
Linking Organisational Culture and Effectiveness at the Sydney Institute of Technology: Some Preliminary Findings
Author: Bob Frew
Strategic Analysis: A Thai Case Study
Authors: Raj Sharma & Uachit Thasnapark
Student Perceptions of Universities: the UTS Image Survey
Author: Robyn Peutherer
What Should Drive Student Equity and Diversity in Higher Education? Social Responsibility Versus Reporting Obligation
Author: John R Clarke
Volume 5, Number 2
September 1996
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
Australia’s External Policy/International Education Nexus
Author: Henry S Albinski
Can ISO 9000 Work for the Education Sector?
Author: Colleen Liston
Institutional Research and Student Recruitment or How do Institutions of Higher Education Know What Attracts Students to their Doors? Market Research Can Help
Author: Chris Martin
Participation in Higher Education in South Australia by People from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Authors: Gavin Moodie & Lynette Swift
Teacher Training in Australia: Perspectives of a Canadian Student Cohort
Authors: Joseph B Relich & Michael Kindler
Towards a Non-Eurocentric Art/Theory Curriculum for Australian Art Schools
Author: Gregory Leong
Volume 5, Number 1
May 1996
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
An Analysis of a National Quality Assurance System – From a Scottish and an Australian Perspective
Authors: JE McLachlan, Vivienne A Wood & Alan W Lindsay
Costing Support Services in Universities: An Application of Activity-Based Costing
Authors: Jenny Ellis-Newman, Haji Y Izan & Peter Robinson
Design of an Ideal Internal University Newsletter from the Readers Perspective: A Conjoint Analysis Approach
Author: Adee Athiyaman
Internationalising a Business School: From Rhetoric to Reality
Author: John Milton-Smith
Internationalising Undergraduate Education
Author: Rhondda Brill
Reframing the Future: Paradigm Shifts and the Implications for Education
Authors: Linda Leach & Sue Graham
Staff Preparation for International Contracts: Lessons from Initial Experiences
Author: Maurice McGookin
The Doctor of Education in Australia: Some Comparative Data
Authors: Tom W Maxwell & Peter J Shanahan
Volume 4, Number 2
September 1995
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
A New Paradigm for Recognition of Prior Learning
Authors: Mary Jones & Joan Martin
An Instrumentalist Approach to Equity, Quality and Opportunities for Learning
Author: Gavin Moodie
Creating the Fabric of a Quality Culture: Interweaving TQM with Staff Development
Authors: Maxine Alterio & Lincla Leach
Image Research Applications: An Illustration within a University Setting
Authors: Adee Athiyaman & Bernie O’Donnell
Implementing Quality Means a Change in Culture
Author: Robert A Frew
Performance Indicators in the Technical and Further Education Sector: Issues and Perceptions
Authors: Gan Che Ng, Peter Veenker & Raj Sharma
What the HECS Going On?
Author: Ian R Dobson
Volume 4, Number 1
May 1995
Introduction
Author: Meg Probyn
Achieving Quality Within Funding Constraints: The Potential Contribution of Institutional Research
Author: Bruce Zimmer
Antecedents and Consequences of Educational Service Quality
Authors: Adee Athiyaman & Bernie O’Donnell
Bridging the Gap Between Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance: A Project at Griffith University
Author: Judyth Sachs
Integrating Performance Measurement and Resource Planning in the University Planning Process: A Case Study from the University of Technology, Sydney
Author: Ken Doyle
Managing Higher Education – A search for agreed values, economic rationalism or social justice?
Authors: John Balla, Deane Neubauer & Lyn Gow
Overhead Cost Allocations by Tertiary Education Institutions
Authors: David Coy & Guit Huang Goh
Program and Graduate Cost Model: An Australian Case Study
Author: Raj Sharma
Quality Despite Resource Constraints: Fact or Fiction?
Authors: J E McLachlan & Vivienne Wood
Student Performance and Gender in Victorian Universities
Authors: Ian R Dobson & Raj Sharma
Volume 3, Number 2
September 1994
Achieving Quality Through Equity – Gender and Student Progress
Authors: Ian Dobson & Raj Sharma
Articulation and Credit Transfer: A Study of TAFE Students who Articulated into the Accounting Degree at RMIT – Coburg
Author: Barbara Burns
Assessing Outcomes of University Study: Swinburne University of Technology Pilot Study of the Perceived Importance of the Generic Skills Outcomes
Authors: Gan Che Ng, Ken Heskin & Raj Sharma
Changing Training Patterns in Institutional Research and Planning
Author: Jack Smith
Commonwealth Policy in Higher Education: Implications for Accounting
Author: Joan Wells
Institutional Research in Australia: Recent Developments at a Time of System-wide Restructuring
Author: Bruce Zimmer
Performance Indicators: Just How Do You Weight Them?
Authors: John Hattie & Jim Tognolini
Some Pioneering Studies of Student Costs Using the New Activity Based Costing Accounting
Author: Ken Doyle
Student – Administrator Perceptions in a University Setting
Author: Glenys Patterson
Survey of Students Attitudes and Perceptions of the Higher Education Contribution Scheme
Authors: Straty Savvas, Raj Sharma, Siva Sivagnanam & Heather Uffindell
Volume 3, Number 1
May 1994
Special Issue on Quality
Author: Meg Probyn
Blending CAE and University Approaches to Quality Assurance for Academic Development: Some Observations and Issues Relevant to Developing Universities
Authors: Ian Goulter & Bruce Zimmer
Exploring Graduates Perceptions of the Quality of Higher Education
Authors: Adee Athiyaman & Bernie O’Donnell
Higher Education in Australia: When Organisations for Learning Need to Become Learning Organisations. Potential Frameworks for Quality Management in Higher Education
Author: Sue Curtis
How to Pull Yourself Up By Your Own Bootstraps: Faculty Review as a Method of Implementing Quality Assurance
Authors: Barbara O’Connor & Andrew Codling
Initiating Program Review at the Manawatu Polytechnic and Its Role in Introducing the Institution to Quality Systems
Author: Terry Barnett
Managing Quality Processes at the Institutional Level
Author: Alan Lindsay
Pathways to Quality Tertiary Education: Experiences, Strategies and Systems in Swinburne University of Technology
Authors: Dorothy Bennett, Gan Che Ng & Raj Sharma
Preparing for an Australian Academic Research Audit: A Viewpoint
Author: Frank P Larkins
The Applicability of an International Quality Standard as a Framework for Establishing Quality Systems in Higher Education Institutions
Authors: John R Clarke & Ralph Catts
The Development and Implementation of Teaching Quality Assurance Strategies within a Bachelor of Information Technology Degree
Authors: Steve Weal, Bruce Calway, Ken Heskin, Gerald Murphy, Chris Pilgram, Raj Sharma, Allen Hulls & Raj Vasudeva
The Use of Surveys as Quality Evaluation Tools
Authors: Brenda Weeks, David Macpherson and Canio Fierravanti
Volume 2, Number 1
November 1993
Preface
Authors: Ng Gan Che, Meg Probyn & Raj Sharma
A Potpourri of Institutional Research Issues in a Planning Environment
Authors: Jim Tognolini & Peter McCormack
An Infrastructure for the Provision of Campus Information Services
Author: J Dockerill
Applying Institutional Research and Planning in the Public Sector
Author: Jack Smith
Educational Pathways in a Multi-Sectoral Institution: Challenges and Strategies for the Future
Authors: G C Ng, Con Pantazis & Raj Sharma
Futures Planning for Tertiary Education: Curricula for the 21st Century: The Student and The Problem
Author: Graham J Logan
Integrating Total Quality Management into Review of Educational Institutions
Author: K K Navaratnam
Linking Education, Industry and the Community: A Regional Model
Author: Graham Mulroney
Quality of Student Outcomes: Concepts and Issues of Measurement
Authors: G C Ng, K Heskin & Raj Sharma
RPL: Building Equity into the Assessment Model
Authors: Mary Jones, R Sharma & Susannah Thompson
Volume 1, Number 1
November 1991
Preface
Author: AAIR
What is Institutional Research?
Authors: Peter Maasen & Raj Sharma
A Role for Institutional Research in Australia in the 1990s
Author: Robert Taylor
The Role of Institutional Planning and Research: opening address to the AAIR 1991 Forum
Author: The Hon. Peter Baldwin
Current and Future Demands on Institutional Researchers: A TAFE CEOs Perspective
Author: Doug Smith
Getting Over Not Getting In? Unsuccessful Applicants for Higher Education Courses in Queensland
Authors: Barry Cameron, Bevin Pope & Avril McClelland
How Can Institutional Research Be Undertaken?
Authors: Ng Gan Che & John Muffo
Implications of the Finn Review for School-Based Education
Author: Frank Peach
Institutional Research’s Role in Supporting Strategic Change: Experience at an Evolving Institution
Author: Bruce Zimmer
Locating and Staffing an Institutional Research Office
Authors: Alton Taylor and Neil Bardsley
Technology, Communication and Techniques: Their Impact on Higher Education Institutional Research
Author: Leo West