Researcher in Higher Education Policy, Curtin University
Tim Pitman is a researcher at Curtin University in the Faculty of Humanities. He has worked in the Australian higher education sector since 1996 and his PhD in Education was completed at The University of Western Australia in 2012. His research focus is on higher education policy, with a particular focus on increasing the representation of disadvantaged students. He has researched and published widely on these and other topics.
University completion rates won't be improved by looking at isolated causes
Jan 18, 2017 13:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
News media are widely reporting on new data released by the government showing that one-third of students starting university in 2009 had not finished their studies within six years. This stat makes a good headline, but...
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