Universities’ Push for Quantity Over Quality Results in Higher Failure Rates

Universities’ Push for Quantity Over Quality Results in Higher Failure Rates
University graduates in an undated file photo. Chris Ison/PA
Rebecca Zhu
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Financial incentives are encouraging Australian universities to admit more and more high school graduates that receive low Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR) or use alternative admission schemes, resulting in a soaring number of dropouts, a new report found.

While there are calls to scrap ATAR entirely, the Centre of Independent Studies argues that greater, not less, the focus should be placed on ATAR-based university admissions.