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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*.

Alternatively, scroll down for a full directory of volumes and article titles.

If you are looking for journals in which to publish an article you have written, you may wish to view our Journals of Interest to Institutional Researchers page, which lists details of other higher education and institutional research journals, including links to submission guidelines.

*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.

Featured Papers

Achieving Quality Within Funding ConstraintsThe Potential Contribution of Institutional Research

May 1995

Utilising Benchmarking to Inform Decision Making at the Institutional Level

August 2013

Data Governance and Data QualityIs it on Your Agenda

October 2012

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

Editorial

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

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