Compulsory tests, essays, regular grades and timed exams are considered a given in university life. But the Universities Accord should change this.
- Professor, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University
Students who fail units are highly likely to fail again without targeted assistance. But when universities intervene early to support these students, their rate of failure has been nearly halved.
Between 23% and 52% of education, civil engineering, nursing and commerce students failed a unit of their degree. Those who failed a subject were four times more likely to drop out of their course.
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