Success for Pacific Learners

5 May 2011

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The Impact of Tertiary Education Strategies

Research GroupResearch Team• Dr John Horrocks, Lead

Researcher• Aleki Silao, Pacific Liaison

Officer• Kerese Manueli, Tutor• Neil Ballantyne, Contract

Researcher and Project Manager

• Penny Fairbrother, Research and Contracts Officer

Pacific Advisory Group• Tupu Araiti ( Cook Islands)• Aiono Mino Cleverly (Samoa)• Vei Lotaki (Tonga)• Filipo Lui (Tokelau)

Pasifika Input to the Research Process

• Pacific Advisory Group • Liaison with TEIs managed by Pasifika research

team members• Informant interviews to be carried out by Pasifika

research team members• Emphasis on Pasifika research capacity-building

The Evaluation Questions1. How have government strategy documents influenced

institutional strategies of universities, institutes of technology and wānanga to support the participation & success of Pacific learners?

2. What impact have these institutional strategies had on organisational change?

3. What are the perceptions of tertiary education institutions on how the TEC & other government agencies have incentivised and supported these organisational changes?

The Data We Are Gathering Documentary evidence• Government strategy documents and reports• Existing research on government strategies• TEI strategies & plans

Existing datasets• TEC & MoE data

Key informant interviews• Key staff responsible for support strategies

TEC Strategy & TEI ResponsesTertiary

Education Commission

(TEC)

2002-2003Tertiary Education

Strategy (TES)

2007-2012 Second Tertiary

Education Strategy

2009Third Tertiary Education Strategy, led by Ministry

of Education2010

Final document published

Responses of Tertiary

Education Organisations

(TEOs)

2003-2006Charters & Profiles

2007Investment Plans & Annual

Reports

2010Third TES drives new round

of Investment Plans

How the Data Sources will Inform the Evaluation Questions

Evaluation questions Data sources

GOVdocs TEIdocs DataSets Interviews

Influence of Government strategy on (a)TEI strategy and (b)organisational change

Describe strategy goals, targets, actions & reports on these

Describe planned initiatives & responses

Describe outcomes for Pacific learners

Perceptions of Govt plans, incentives and supports & impacts of these, with examples

TEI perceptions of Government support and incentives for TEI organisational change

Research commissioned by Government

Perceptions of strengths & limitations of Government support for organisational change

Examples of Other Relevant Literature• Ministry of Education’s Pasifika Education Plans & Monitoring

reports• Tertiary Education Commission’s Pacific Peoples’ Strategy 2004-

2006 and beyond• New Zealand Qualifications Authority Pasifika Strategy 2009-2012• Research on TEC policy and responses to it, e.g. Synergia Ltd

(2006) Making use: Views on the use and usefulness of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/7.

Responses to Date of TEIs

Invitations to participate in the project sent to all 29 public TEIs…

→ 16 accepted

→ 13 declined

Informant Interviews

Based on 2009 Roll Data – An approximate 50/50 split between face-to-face and phone interviews

• Face-to-face: Pasifika rolls >5% (mainly Auckland and Wellington based institutions)

• Phone: Pasifika rolls <5% (other regions including South Island based institutions)

Documents from Participants

1. Charters & Profiles2. Investment Plans3. Business & Strategic Plans4. Annual Reports5. Special Supplementary Grants Reports6. Other related documents

Thoughts So Far?1. Vision versus directions2. Complexity: Pasifika policy creation and

implementation is NOT a linear process

i.e. NOT

3. Success for Pasifika students: May be measured and influenced in many ways

Policy Action Evaluation

Your Questions and Suggestions about a Key Part of the Study – The Informant Interviews

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BibliographyThe Tertiary Education Strategy Office of the Associate Minister of Education (2002). Excellence, relevance, and success: An introduction to the new tertiary education system. Wellington: Ministry of Education.Office of the Associate Minister of Education (2002). Tertiary education Strategy, 2002/07. Wellington: Ministry of Education.Tertiary Education Commission (2004), Inspiring excellence for Pacific peoples throughout tertiary education: The Tertiary Education Commission’s Pacific people’s Strategy 2004 to 2006 and beyond. Wellington: Author.Office of the Associate Minister of Education (2003). Statement of tertiary education priorities, 2003-2004. Wellington: Ministry of Education.Office of the Minister for Tertiary Education (2007).Tertiary education strategy 2007-2012 (Incorporating statement of tertiary education priorities 2008-2010). Wellington: Ministry of Education. Office of the Minister for Tertiary Education (2009). Tertiary education strategy 2010-2015. Wellington: Ministry of Education.Ministry of Education (2004). Tertiary education strategy 2002-2007 baseline monitoring report. Wellington: Tertiary Sector performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education. Retrieved 29 April, 2011 from http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/tes/5659 Ministry of Education (2008).Tertiary education strategy 2007-12 – a framework for monitoring. Wellington: Tertiary Sector performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education. Retrieved 29 April, 2011 from http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/tes/20337

Related government strategiesSecretary of Education ( 2008). Ministry of Education’s Pasifika Education plan (PEP) 2009-2012. Wellington: Ministry of Education.Ministry of Education (2010). Pasifika Education Plan 2009 – Monitoring Report 2009. Wellington: Author. Retrieved 29 April from http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/series/22967/pasifika-education-plan-monitoring-report-2009 New Zealand Qualifications Authority (2009). Pasifika Strategy for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2009-2012. Wellington: Author.

Research on development of government policy.Eppel, E. (2009).Exploring the Usefulness of Applying Complexity Theory to the Analysis of Public Policy Processes: the case of tertiary education quality policy in New Zealand. [ Paper presented to the 13th IRSPM Conference, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 6-8 April 2009] Retrieved April 29, 2011 from https://conference.cbs.dk/public/conferences/2/schedConfs/3/program.pdfSynergia Ltd.( 2006). Making use: Views on the use and usefulness of the Tertiary Education Strategy 2002/7. [Report for the Ministry of Education]. Wellington: Author.

Milestones DATE MILESTONES March 28 1st Milestone report to

Ako Aotearoa & final project plan confirmed

May 30 Interim report on desk research completed. Start of informant interviews

July 29 Draft final report submitted to AKO

September 30 Draft final report signed off by AKO