annual report - Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara

NZVCC ANNUAL REPORT 2008COMMITTEES, EXPERT GROUPS ANDWORKING PARTIESStatistics gathered annually continued to demonstrate thatstudents admitted with discretionary entrance, particularlythose admitted directly from Year 12, performed substantiallybetter on average than the entire first-year cohort.In its new format and with new terms of reference thesub-committee met in May and held an audioconferencein July.It made changes to the discretionary entranceregulations to provide eligibility for Australian citizensand permanent residents whose most recent year ofschooling had been in New Zealand, and to adjust thewording of the first regulation to make administrationmore straightforward. It also agreed that the cut-offpoints for students applying for admission ad eundemstatum at entrance level from Australian schools shouldbe lowered by a few points as evidence from Australiaindicated that students performing at that level wereable to gain admission to Australian universities.These changes were recommended to CUAP forapproval and reference to the NZVCC.there was compensating good performance in aliteracy-rich subject. As the provision was a usefuldevice in a few cases it would remain in place for twomore years.Statistics gathered annually continued to demonstratethat students admitted with discretionary entrance,particularly those admitted directly from Year 12,performed substantially better on average than theentire first-year cohort.The chair and Dr Cameron represented the universitieson the Secondary Principals’ and Leaders’ Forum withKen Rapson (Auckland).The numbers remained very low for applicants admittedunder the provision for those who had missed universityentrance literacy by one credit to be admitted wherePage 33