ATAR crackdown: Higher education panel to crack down on university admission standards

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated February 22 2016 - 11:08am, first published 10:22am
At the University of NSW, many students admitted to the law degree achieve an ATAR under the advertised cut-off. Photo: Edwina Pickles
At the University of NSW, many students admitted to the law degree achieve an ATAR under the advertised cut-off. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham will direct the nation's top education panel to focus on university admissions after a Fairfax Media investigation revealed that the practice of admitting students with lower than the minimum ATAR into university courses was endemic.