Unmet Student Demand for Tertiary Education. A National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program Report

Autor/inn/en	Giles, Margaret; McLure, Michael; Dockery, A. Michael
Institution	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia).
Titel	Unmet Student Demand for Tertiary Education. A National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation Program Report
Quelle	(2005), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	1-9208-9681-3
Schlagwörter	Postsecondary Education; Vocational Education; Educational Demand; Surveys; Enrollment Influences; College Applicants; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Educational Attainment; Immigrants; Employment Level; Disabilities; English (Second Language); Parents; Access to Computers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Beschäftigungsgrad; Handicap; Behinderung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Eltern; Australien
Abstract	Unmet demand for tertiary education is difficult to define and to estimate. In this report, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Survey of Education, Training and Information Technology are used to shed light on defining and enumerating unmet demand. Unmet demand occurs when potential students apply for a place at university or in the vocational education and training (VET) sector and their application is unsuccessful. It also occurs when potential students are discouraged from applying because their preferred course was not available, had limited places or was perceived to be highly competitive. The report finds that unmet demand at a general level (ability to obtain any place) in 2001 was very low at 16,000 or 1% of total applications, but considerably higher in terms of getting a place in a preferred course at a preferred institution (10% of total applications, or 175,000). A potential difficulty with these figures could be that they are understated. This is based on the widely acknowledged understanding that some individuals are not applying for courses because they assume that their applications will be unsuccessful. However, the data do not support that this is the case. That is, the estimates of unmet demand noted above are not understated. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) [This work has been produced by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) with funding provided through the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training. The author/project team were funded to undertake this research via a grant under the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation (NVETRE) Program.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Centre for Vocational Education Research Ltd. P.O. Box 8288, Stational Arcade, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. Tel: +61-8-230-8400; Fax: +61-8-212-3436; e-mail: ncver@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10