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Description
A code which indicates whether the student had ever commenced an advanced education course prior to the first enrolment in the current course.
Details
| Version: | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| First year: | 1987 |
| Last year: | 1988 |
| Field name: | PRIOR-AE |
| Element name: | Previous advanced education course commenced code |
Code format:
| Data Type: | Character |
|---|---|
| Units: | Code (numeric) |
| Width: | 1 |
Classification
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 1 | Not a commencing student |
A commencing student who prior to first enrolment in their current course:
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 2 | had never commenced an advanced education course |
| 3 | had commenced an advanced education course |
| 9 | A commencing student but no information on commencement of an advanced education course prior to the first enrolment in the current course |
Coding notes
SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING COLLECTION OF DATA:
Suggested wording on enrolment form:
Have you previously commenced an advanced education course at a CAE (College of advanced education), institute of technology, institute of advanced education, teacher's college or other institution?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
Where information for this element is not being provided to the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission in 1987, the code "1" is to be used if the student is not a commencing student and the code "9" if the student is a commencing student.