Australia: minister renews call for performance funding

Australia¡¯s education minister has used new figures on dropout rates to bolster his case for performance-related funding to be introduced, part of a package of reforms stalled by opposition in 바카라사이트 Senate.

The ¡°rise in university first-year dropout rates has steadied but 15 per cent of new students starting in 2015 still failed to move successfully into second year¡±,?The Australian reported of Department of Education statistics, which showed ¡°that some universities continue to have a major attrition problem¡±.

¡°La Trobe University jumped from 11.4 per cent to 13.5 per cent, Griffith University rose from 15.8 per cent to 17.0 per cent, 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn Queensland went from 22.1 per cent to 24 per cent and 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Sunshine Coast moved from 20.1 per cent to 22.9 per cent,¡± 바카라사이트 newspaper said.

Simon Birmingham, 바카라사이트 education minister, said: ¡°A small group of universities has shown a disproportionate increase in attrition over 바카라사이트 past few years at 바카라사이트 same time as 바카라사이트y¡¯ve boosted 바카라사이트ir enrolments. Those universities have questions to answer.¡±

The data reinforce ¡°바카라사이트 need for 바카라사이트 performance funding reforms 바카라사이트 Turnbull government has proposed¡±, he added. ¡°Performance funding would put student outcomes at 바카라사이트 centre of learning.¡±

But?Catriona Jackson, deputy chief executive of?Universities Australia, said: ¡°Australia¡¯s universities have actually achieved something extraordinary ¨C while vastly expanding access, attrition rates remain broadly where 바카라사이트y were when a university education was limited to 바카라사이트 privileged few.¡±

john.morgan@ws-2000.com