Higher Education Review Process

Higher Education at the Crossroads: An Overview Paper

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preface

submissions and responses

1. expectations of higher education

a. purposes of higher education

b. principles for a higher education system

2. key characteristics

a. a distinctive australian system

b. developments in policy

c. developments in practice

3. changing contexts

a. opportunities and challenges

b. pressures and tensions

4. a framework for consultation

a. learning experiences and outcomes

b. access on an equitable basis

c. engagement of universities with their communities

d. institutional specialisation

e. efficiency and effectiveness

f. governance, management and workplace relations

g. revenue diversification

h. allocation of public subsidies

i. cutting bureaucratic red tape

5. next steps

attachment a
background and statistics

attachment b
main policy developments of the last thirty years

attachment c
some different national structures of higher education

attachment d
diversity and performance of australian universities

Higher Education Review Process

Higher Education at the Crossroads: An Overview Paper

contents