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Direct linkVenegas-Muggli, Juan I. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
This research evaluated the impact on students' academic achievements of a pre-college outreach programme implemented by a Chilean higher education institution. This programme benefits students in their last year of secondary education so they can better adapt to post-secondary education. Specifically, we assessed whether freshmen enrolled in 2017…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Hains-Wesson, Rachael; Ji, Kaiying – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
For higher education graduates to be effective in the workplace, they require strong technical skills and the capability to operate across diverse knowledge landscapes to solve real world problems. At an Australian university, an interdisciplinary, short-term study tour programme was utilised to enhance students' inexplicit employability skills…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Teamwork, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedMitchell, Ian J.; de Jong, Eddy J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1994
A Monash University (Australia) program to enhance the chemistry and physics preparation of secondary school graduates entering engineering in higher education offers one-semester intensive courses. The first four years of the program have produced encouraging results. Coordination of practical work and theory is seen as crucial to learning. (MSE)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Preparation, Educational Strategies, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedJames, Richard – Higher Education Research and Development, 1995
A study of the University of Melbourne (Australia) mandatory annual faculty evaluation program after its second year of operation is reported. Results revealed some faculty uncertainty about the plan's intentions and tensions between its summative and formative purposes. Some positive outcomes were identified, but too few to claim the plan was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation
Peer reviewedMcNamee, Peter J.; Maxwell, Graham S. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1993
A study investigated effectiveness of a University of Southern Queensland (Australia) program to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged groups. Results suggest that, although the program improves access, it has inherent inequities, does not provide adequate student support, and does not consider student readiness for the demands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Preparation, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedCargill, Margaret – Higher Education Research and Development, 1996
A University of Adelaide (Australia) program to assist international graduate students in adjustment to Australian academic and discipline-related norms is described. The program focuses on language and academic skill development, and has been found to be effective. Factors in programs success, and their potential for wider application are…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
