Comments on: Universities don’t have a drop-out problem – everyone else does https://www.policyforum.net/universities-dont-have-a-drop-out-problem/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Andrew Norton https://www.policyforum.net/universities-dont-have-a-drop-out-problem/#comment-11912 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:25:08 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=26429#comment-11912 Good article Brody, although our report was fence sitting on the performance funding idea. We did not want to buy deeply into that debate for the report, but my personal view is that other measures that are more closely aligned with the best interests of students would be preferable.

]]> By: Michael https://www.policyforum.net/universities-dont-have-a-drop-out-problem/#comment-11908 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 20:58:28 +0000 https://www.policyforum.net/?p=26429#comment-11908 Schools’ and teachers’ success is measured by education departments; the most significant of which is % of students who enter university.

Problem 1. University quals don’t provide earning $ commensurate to the investment esp when compared to trade equals.
Problem 2. Vet courses are fueled by another measure of school success: the % of students who enter vet courses. Some also measure completion but only for certificates 1 & 2.

It is by these terrible measuring sticks of performance that we decide which schools are performing and which are not.

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