Abstract
Australia is a country of 26 million people with the 5th highest Human Development Index (HDI) globally. Australian universities emerged in the colonial era over 170 years ago, based on the British model tempered by less emphasis on the liberal arts and more on providing skills for a developing colony [8]. Australian higher education is a highly regulated and relatively uniform sector dominated by 36 large public universities, see Figure 1. Private universities and smaller providers account for less than 5% of higher education enrollment. All 36 public universities provide a broad range of programs and grant PhDs across most disciplines. All programs must meet required standards within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) [5]. Universities are regularly audited by the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) [31] and part of the requirement is to demonstrate that undergraduate (UG) programs meet AQF Level 7 requirements.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 18-26 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | ACM Inroads |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |