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Fieger, Peter; Villano, Renato; Cooksey, Ray – International Journal of Training Research, 2016
Budgetary constraints on the public purse have led Australian Federal and State governments to focus increasingly on the efficiency of public institutions, including Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes. In this study, we define efficiency as the relationship between financial and administrative inputs and educational outputs. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Efficiency, Adult Education, Technical Education
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Hanlon, Martin; Rothery, Michael; Daldy, Rob – Journal of Institutional Research, 2011
The scope of institutional research (IR) undertaken in Australasian universities is progressively expanding. A traditional focus on student life cycle elements such as enrolment, retention and satisfaction has been complemented for some years now by other areas of focus including research performance and community engagement. More recently,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Research, Universities, Educational Practices
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Schutt, Stefan; Linegar, Dale – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2013
The authors' team has been working with virtual worlds since 2006, deploying them in diverse contexts including secondary schools, special schools, vocational education and training, higher education and the community sector. Here the authors outline their operational experience of the complex web of interrelated factors involved in running…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Learning Experience, Experiential Learning, Performance Factors
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Cuthill, Michael; Schmidt, Christopher – Journal of Institutional Research, 2011
This article explores the challenges confronting a research-intensive Australian university in responding to the "widening participation" agenda outlined in the recent "Review of Higher Education". The university argued that it is not possible to respond effectively to this agenda without having a clear understanding of the…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Access to Education, Barriers, Institutional Characteristics
Krogh, Lola – 2001
Research in Australia on evaluating the application of action research as an action learning tool and its impact on the learning of students, educators, industry, and training providers, explored how that learning, in turn, has impacts on research, learners, educators, and the community. In the field of social and community services, in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Developed Nations