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Hammer, Sara; Ayriss, Peter; McCubbin, Amanda – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Graduate attributes are now a fixture in higher education. They are perceived as statements of desirable graduate learning outcomes, yet this space is becoming increasingly crowded. In this study, we examine how universities contextualise their graduate attributes statements for the curriculum quality space. We analysed the way Australian…
Descriptors: Universities, College Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality
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Down, Barry; Smyth, John; Robinson, Janean – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
In Australia, like many western countries, there has been a convergence of education policy around a set of utilitarian and economistic approaches to vocational education and training in schools. Such approaches are based on the assumption that there is a direct relationship between national economic growth, productivity and human capital…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Neoliberalism, Correlation, Economic Development
Ingram, D. E. – 1987
A discussion of language policy making and its place in a nation's economic and social development uses Australia's experience as a case study. In particular, it reviews the factors such as multiculturalism and international relations that have led to the development of a national language policy, and examines the interim documents and the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Correlation, Economic Development, Educational Assessment