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The study reports response rates and breakdowns by institution, including Macquarie, Sydney, UNSW, ANU, Melbourne, NSWIT, and Monash, and summarizes student sex distributions and course type (full-time vs part-time). 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  | 9   | 6   | 79   |  | 41   | 38   |\n| All insts   | 36   |  | 19   | 17   | 62   |  | 33   | 28   |\n\nsurvey was based on,and repeated many  \nof the questions contained in a similar  \nsurvey of four different law schools,  \nundertaken by Dr Don Anderson and  \nProfessor John Western in 1966³.It was  \nadministered to students entering the law  \ndegree courses of the four universities sur-  \nveyed in 1976,together with the law  \nschools of Melhourne and Monash Uni-  \nversities,and that of the New South  \nWales Institute of Technology,at the  \nbeginning of 1986.The additional institu-  \ntions were added at the request of the  \nCommittee of Inquiry into Legal Educa-  \ntion in Australia,established by the  \nCommonwealth Tertiary Education Com-  \nThe paper will describe the data  \n\n| Table 4  \u003Cbr>Type of course(full or part time)  \u003Cbr>[Percentages of total enrolment at each law school]  \u003Cbr>(1976 figures in brackets)  \u003Cbr>Full-time  \u003Cbr>Part-time  \u003Cbr>Institution  \u003Cbr>Male  \u003Cbr>Total  \u003Cbr>Male  \u003Cbr>Total  \u003Cbr>Female  \u003Cbr>Female  \u003Cbr>Macquarie  \u003Cbr>25  \u003Cbr>20  \u003Cbr>53(84)  \u003Cbr>20  \u003Cbr>46(6)  \u003Cbr>23  \u003Cbr>1  \u003Cbr>43  \u003Cbr>98(98)  \u003Cbr>Sydney  \u003Cbr>2(2)  \u003Cbr>1  \u003Cbr>46  \u003Cbr>UNSW  \u003Cbr>40  \u003Cbr>5  \u003Cbr>86(97)  \u003Cbr>13(3)  \u003Cbr>8  \u003Cbr>4  \u003Cbr>83(79)  \u003Cbr>41  \u003Cbr>13  \u003Cbr>ANU  \u003Cbr>4  \u003Cbr>17(21)  \u003Cbr>90  \u003Cbr>43  \u003Cbr>Meibourne  \u003Cbr>6  \u003Cbr>3  \u003Cbr>43  \u003Cbr>10  \u003Cbr>2  \u003Cbr>1  \u003Cbr>95  \u003Cbr>NSWIT  \u003Cbr>1  \u003Cbr>49  \u003Cbr>46  \u003Cbr>49  \u003Cbr>44  \u003Cbr>93  \u003Cbr>Monash  \u003Cbr>2  \u003Cbr>4  \u003Cbr>6  \u003Cbr>41  \u003Cbr>40  \u003Cbr>77  \u003Cbr>All insts  \u003Cbr>10  \u003Cbr>18  \u003Cbr>8  \u003Cbr>1976 figures  \u003Cbr>91  \u003Cbr>(4 schools)  \u003Cbr>7  \u003Cbr>Notes:  \u003Cbr>1.In the 1976 survey,only internal students from Macquarie responded in significant  \u003Cbr>numbers.The higher proportion of part-time students responding to the 1986 survey  \u003Cbr>probably results from the inclusion of the external Macquarie students,and from the NSWIT  \u003Cbr>students,as the NSWIT course includes mainly part-time students.  \u003Cbr>2.Percentages may not total 100%,as not all respondents provided this information.  \u003Cbr>3.Other than in exceptional circumstances,Macquarie permits part-time studies in law  \u003Cbr>only by students enrolled in the external program.   |\n| --- |\n\nmission under the chairmanship of Pro-  \ngathered in response to the various ques-  \nfessor D.C.Pearce (henceforth ‘Pearce  \ntions,and will then attempt to draw some  \nCommittee').The additional information  \nconclusions from that data.  \ncover","cbCail4qjs8DcflB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail4qjs8DcflB","pdf",315013,"English","# Survey overview\n## Student response rates and institutions\n## Sex distribution and course type\n## Age and contextual findings","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the 1986 survey?\",\"answer\":\"To provide an updated profile of students entering law courses in a majority of Australian law schools, and to assess whether this changed markedly over the intervening years.\"},{\"question\":\"Which institutions were included in the survey results?\",\"answer\":\"Macquarie, Sydney, UNSW, ANU, Melbourne, NSWIT, and Monash are listed with counts and percentages, along with totals across all institutions.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document compare findings across time periods?\",\"answer\":\"It contrasts 1986 results with the earlier 1976 survey and references a 1966 survey, discussing changes such as shifts in the proportion of women and whether social and economic background showed significant change.\"}]","An updated social profile of students entering law courses - 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