Five years on, is ANU’s boss winning the war against ATARs?
Vice chancellor Brian Schmidt wants the admissions process to reshape the geographical and socioeconomic mix of his university’s students. His battle is only half-won.
Last month, Australian National University vice chancellor Brian Schmidt sent out a video Tweet that, by his standards, got a pretty big reaction. More than 22,500 people viewed his 54-second piece to camera.
The topic wasn’t one that might typically set pulses racing on social media: ATARs, the number between 0 and 99.95 that school-leavers are given, based on their final exam results, which universities use to select students for admission.
Hans van LeeuwenJournalistHans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.
