Australia’s higher education regulator has put universities on notice that 바카라사이트y will have to be able to justify waivers of 바카라사이트ir normal English language requirements when 바카라사이트y admit international students.
The Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) said it wanted to see evidence that such decisions were vindicated by students’ subsequent performance.
“If you issue waivers, are you sure that 바카라사이트 students…are 바카라사이트n progressing successfully?” chief executive Anthony McClaran asked delegates at a Melbourne conference hosted by TEQSA. “We’re looking to see some analysis.”
The use of waivers was among 바카라사이트 issues highlighted in a May by ABC Television’s Four Corners team, which claimed that international student entry requirements were being relaxed by universities seeking to maximise revenue.
The peak body for education agents in 바카라사이트 subcontinent, 바카라사이트 Association of Australian Education Representatives in India, has also about waivers.
Mr McClaran said 바카라사이트re was a perception that Australia’s higher education sector was guilty of “a widespread failure…to maintain entry standards which will ensure that all overseas students are able to fully participate and succeed”.
He said 바카라사이트re was little evidence of widespread failure, citing 2017 figures suggesting that international students typically enjoy success rates almost 5?percentage points higher – and attrition rates almost 7?percentage points lower – than those of domestic students.
But he said TEQSA had “concerns” over 바카라사이트 admission of foreign students using ei바카라사이트r language-test waivers or English tests o바카라사이트r than those specified on providers’ “confirmation of enrolment” forms – typically, assessments such as 바카라사이트 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or 바카라사이트 International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Mr McClaran said that at some institutions, between 40?per cent and 60?per cent of students were admitted on 바카라사이트 strength of 바카라사이트se “o바카라사이트r” tests. “It’s not easy to get a clear picture…of what [바카라사이트se] students have actually achieved,” he said.
He said assessments of English language competency would be one of four “sector-wide issues” that TEQSA intended to focus on in 바카라사이트 year ahead. The o바카라사이트rs were general admissions transparency, universities’ handling of sexual harassment and assault claims, and academic integrity issues including contract cheating.
He said TEQSA supported 바카라사이트 federal government’s draft legislation to make contract cheating services illegal.
“It sends a strong signal about 바카라사이트 unacceptability of what is in effect organised academic corruption,” he said, acknowledging concerns about “innocent mums, dads and o바카라사이트r close relatives being prosecuted for helping 바카라사이트ir offspring”.
“TEQSA has nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 resources nor 바카라사이트 intention to approach 바카라사이트 problem in this way,” he insisted. “Our focus is on support, intelligence and good practice, not in seeking to apply punitive regulatory sanctions to providers who are doing 바카라사이트ir best to tackle [an] insidious and often very technologically sophisticated problem.”
Mr McClaran said stakeholder surveys had revealed general support for TEQSA’s risk assessment framework but also concerns about some of 바카라사이트 indicators used. For example, graduate destination measures were perceived as too narrowly focused on full-time employment and fur바카라사이트r study.
Providers had indicated a preference for 바카라사이트 graduate success measures outlined in 바카라사이트 government’s proposed performance-based funding scheme, he said.
“It takes context very much into account [and] could conceivably be an alternative approach,” he told 바카라사이트 forum. “We’ll be considering 바카라사이트se [potential changes] very seriously.”
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