The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success (ACSES) is pleased to announce the launch of two new funding schemes through our Trials and Evaluation Program—the Practitioners Resource Grants Program and the Equity Frontiers Program: Quasi-Experimental Design Projects.
Our Practitioner Resource Grants Program offers a unique opportunity for equity practitioners to blend their on-the-ground experience with the research already conducted by ACSES. Together, this collaboration will lead to the creation of practical, impactful resources tailored for universities. These may include manuals, training materials, digital learning tools, and more – covering every stage of the higher education journey.
One of ACSES’s key missions is to facilitate randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate programs aimed at improving access to and success in higher education for under-represented students. However, we recognise that RCTs aren’t always feasible or appropriate. In such cases, we turn to quasi-experimental designs (QEDs) – a set of robust evaluation methods that compare real-world outcomes to what would likely have occurred without the intervention. Through our Equity Frontiers Program: Quasi-Experimental Design Projects, we’re expanding the way we evaluate equity initiatives. This approach allows us to explore new data, apply diverse methods, and build a broader evidence base to better understand what truly works to promote equity in Australian higher education.
More information about our current collaboration and funding programs can be found here.
