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 Australia
Database of Research on International Higher Education
- Website: http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/dbtw-wpd/textbase/ndrie/ndrie.html
Australian University Quality Agency (AUQA)
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) is an independent,
not-for-profit national agency that will promote, audit, and
report on quality assurance in Australian higher education.
AUQA was formally established by the Ministerial Council on
Education, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) in March 2000.
It operates independently of governments and the higher education
sector under the direction of a Board of Directors.
AUQA is responsible for:
- conducting quality audits of self-accrediting Australian higher education institutions and State and Territory Government higher education accreditation authorities on a five-yearly cycle;
- providing public reports on the outcomes of these audits;
- commenting on the criteria for the recognition of new universities and accreditation of non-university higher education awards, as a result of information obtained during the audits of institutions and State and Territory accreditation processes; and
- reporting on the relative standards and international standing of the Australian higher education system and its quality assurance processes, as a result of information obtained during the audit process.
- Website:http://www.auqa.edu.au/index.shtml
Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Quality assurance in Australia's higher education system is
based on a strong partnership between the Commonwealth (federal),
State and Territory Governments and the higher education sector.
- Website: http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/.../partners_in_quality_assurance.htm
The Quality Assurance Framework. (2001). Higher Education
Division. Dept.of Education, Training, and Youth Affairs. Commonwealth of Australia.
- Report available: http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/.../1047/00g.pdf
International Student Spending in Australia in 2004
International students studying in Australia contribute significantly to Australia's economy through payment of tuition fees and expenditure on goods and services over the period of their stay. This report presents results of a recently commissioned Australian Education International (AEI) survey to investigate and quantify the expenditure by international students on goods and services (other than tuition fees) over the four educational sub-sectors (higher education, vocational education and training, secondary schools, and English language intensive courses for overseas students (ELICOS)).
- Website: http://aei.dest.gov.au/AEI/MIP/ItemsOfInterest/05Interest72.htm
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