Student equity indicators
| Indicator | Description |
|---|---|
| Access | relates to number of new commencing students in a given year. Expressed as a percentage of all new commencing students. |
| Participation | relates to the total number of students in a particular equity group enrolled across all courses in a given year. Expressed as a percentage of all students. |
| Retention | The target retention indicator is 1.0, which would show that students in the equity group are persevering with their studies at the same rate as other students. A retention ratio of less than 1.0 indicates equity group students are withdrawing at a greater rate than the general student population. (Due to the proliferation of teaching periods, retention data runs one year behind other equity group data, which means retention statistics in this report relate to 2006 enrolments.) |
| Success | The target success indicator is 1.0, which would show that students in the equity group are passing their units of study at the same rate as other students. A success ratio of less than 1.0 indicates equity group students are failing at a greater rate than the general student population. |