• trend growth of student enrolments in such providers with an average of 20 per cent
growth in the last three years;
• predictions that the such providers may contribute 30 per cent of the total higher
education enrolment by 2020;
• key policy instruments and other factors influencing the growth of the sector;
• quality and standards in such providers;
• the need to enhance the measurement and enhancement of student experience;
• the lack of a systematic approach to measure student feedback -only five out of 150
private for-profit institutions participated in the national Australian Graduate Survey
(AGS) in 2010;
• the growth of flexible mode of delivery by such providers with 11.2 per cent growth
in 2010 and 14.2 per cent in 2009;
• significantly low access and participation of disadvantaged students in such
providers;
• ease of entry and pathway from vocational to higher education and providing a
second chance for many students to access and participate in higher education; and
• increased collaboration between public-private institutions as a result of the
government’s social inclusion agenda.