Entry standards for elite courses are plummeting as universities juggle status with government-imposed equity and growth agendas, according to The Australian. This year, 62% of students accepted into Deakin University’s law degree, with an advertised Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) cut-off of 94.4, achieved a score below that. At La Trobe University, 70% of admitted students scored less than the 94.1 cut-off for the double science degree, while 60% ofMonashUniversity's environment engineering intake scored less than the 90 cut-off. Even Melbourne University's elite biomedicine program, a traditional pathway into its medical degree, enrolled 56% of this year's intake with ATARs … [Read more...]
