ISANA

Jo Byng and Anna Rees

Abstract:  In response to the Educational Services Overseas Student (ESOS) Act 2000, Macquarie International undertook the task of implementing an academic performance monitoring project to assist those students who were not progressing satisfactorily and to help students at risk resolve problems which could impede successful completion of their study. International students studying on a student visa must achieve an academic result that is certified by the education provider to be at least “satisfactory” for each semester.

What Defines Satisfactory Progress?

A 50% pass rate has been used as a default minimum by Macquarie International in the absence of any comprehensive progression measure or requirements at Macquarie University.

Relevant ESOS Requirements
The education provider must keep a record of each student's academic performance for each requirement of the course for which the student is enrolled. Procedures must be in place for advising DIMA of a student's failure to meet their visa conditions relating to attendance or academic performance under the Migration Act 1958, and for notifying the student of their non-compliance. This session will outline the statistical and anecdotal results as well as related outcomes of the interviews that were conducted with international students as a part of the academic monitoring project in 2003.

Key words:  Academic progress, ESOS, academic performance, monitoring, course progress

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