Universities agree to publish 'real' admissions rankings

Australia's most powerful universities have fallen into line over university admissions standards, recommending wholesale changes in the wake of a Fairfax Media investigation that brought the sector's integrity into question, writes Eryk Bagshaw for The Sydney Morning Herald.

In January, confidential data revealed that up to 60% of students at some universities were being admitted below the advertised minimum requirements, forcing the federal government to direct the Higher Education Standards Panel to examine transparency in the sector.

Last Tuesday, the Group of Eight universities endorsed the recommendation of the panel chair, the former secretary of the department of the prime minister and cabinet, Peter Shergold, to publish the lowest, median and maximum Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for every university degree.
Full report on The Sydney Morning Herald site