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diversity and performance of australian universities

table d1: diversity and performance of australian universities—context, scale of operations and governance

	year established as a university (1)	total revenue $'000 (2000) (2)	total assets $'000 (2000) (3)	number of campuses in australia (1996) (4)	number of fields of study in which under-graduate students are enrolled (2000) (5)	total onshore student enrolments in australia (2000) (5)	total offshore student enrolments overseas (2000) (5)	total number of members of university council (2000) (6)	total number of full-time and fractional full-time staff (2000) (7)
older established universities
the university of sydney	1851	$674 388	$2 556 164	11	10	34 691	430	21	5 218
the university of melbourne	1853	$650 742	$2 319 975	9	10	33 362	0	19	4 949
the university of adelaide	1874	$276 501	$599 591	4	9	12 805	80	21	2 253
university of tasmania	1890	$172 005	$349 179	3	9	11 496	350	24	1 519
the university of queensland	1909	$585 242	$1 501 847	2	10	29 716	0	34	4 919
the university of western australia	1911	$334 864	$1 175 054	1	9	274	0	22	2 658
the australian national university	1946	$416 781	$1 478 685	1	6	9 344	35	22	2 985
the university of new south wales	1949	$604 749	$1 258 784	4	8	31 300	198	21	5 132
the university of new england	1953	$128 393	$282 346	1	9	14 553	256	19	1 302
monash university	1958	$609 591	$1 053 885	6	7	38 444	3 204	21	4 939

universities established 1960-1986
macquarie university	1964	$204 304	$634 304	1	7	19 771	850	19	1 484
la trobe university	1964	$265 707	$592 395	8	8	20 013	411	21	2 326
the university of newcastle	1965	$216 116	$435 653	2	8	18 087	162	19	2 134
the flinders university of south australia	1966	$153 345	$219 423	1	7	11 233	171	21	1 571
james cook university	1970	$148 514	$354 377	2	9	10 262	0	26	1 203
griffith university	1971	$285 034	$695 540	5	8	23 836	0	25	2 365
murdoch university	1973	$124 184	$298 484	2	8	10 144	719	25	1 185
deakin university	1974	$274 773	$550 688	6	8	25 668	0	21	1 917
university of wollongong	1975	$169 395	$354 038	2	7	12 375	282	18	1 396

universities established post 1987
curtin university of technology	1987	$301 454	$573 381	6	9	21 405	209	21	2 376
queensland university of technology	1988	$314 250	$674 280	4	8	29 608	77	22	2 665
northern territory university	1988	$55 619	$178 573	1	8	4 045	0	20	603
university of western sydney	1989	$277 917	$650 010	11	9	27 807	1 067	17	2 273
charles sturt university	1990	$167 311	$294 577	9	7	23 326	4 583	19	1 540
university of technology, sydney	1990	$254 817	$503 774	3	9	23 509	298	21	1 813
victoria university of technology	1990	$157 297	$441 494	7	8	15 644	1 534	22	1 217
university of canberra	1990	$96 253	$199 130	1	9	8 331	250	21	787
edith cowan university	1991	$159 301	$381 515	5	7	18 277	814	21	1 615
university of notre dame australia	1991	$13 233	$36 564	2	5	13 280	199	na	105
university of south australia	1991	$245 192	$476 884	6	9	21 893	2 845	21	1 981
australian catholic university	1991	$84 110	$170 120	8	5	9 713	0	16	810
royal melbourne institute of technology	1992	$327 360	$761 824	4	8	26 772	4 190	22	2 278
swinburne university of technology	1992	$122 535	$160 796	3	4	12 105	0	22	1 058
central queensland university	1992	$145 340	$217 456	7	7	13 203	547	19	1 023
university of southern queensland	1992	$103 319	$157 127	2	6	15 342	0	22	1 094
southern cross university	1994	$77 680	$137 932	3	7	8 955	0	18	641
university of ballarat	1994	$55 841	$108 628	1	6	4 216	307	22	422
university of the sunshine coast	1996	$23 543	$52 110	1	4	2 594	0	21	213

australia		$9 277 000	$22 886 587	155	10	667 399	24 068		75 969

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table d2: diversity and performance of australian universities—students

	equivalent full-time student units (EFTSU) (2000) (5)	full-time students as share of all students % (2000) (8)	part-time students as share of all students (2000) (8)	post-graduate student as share of all students % (2000) (4)	per cent of bachelor level students admitted on the basis of secondary education (2000) (5)	indigenous students as sharee of all domestic students % (2000) (5)	rural and isolated students as share of all domestic students % (2000) (5)	low socio-economic status students as share of all domestic students % (2000) (5)	students with a disability as share of all domestic students % (2000) (5)
older established universities
the university of sydney	30 824	74	26	21	78	0.9	8.0	6.4	1.6
the university of melbourne	28 956	73	27	26	73	0.5	11.9	7.0	2.8
the university of adelaide	11 293	74	26	19	73	0.9	10.5	15.8	3.0
university of tasmania	10 011	73	27	12	57	1.8	39.9	28.0	4.6
the university of queensland	25 371	60	40	19	71	0.8	20.2	17.8	1.9
the university of western australia	12 282	80	20	19	77	1.0	7.8	12.6	3.0
the australian national university	8 205	72	28	26	66	0.9	14.3	3.7	4.7
the university of new south wales	25 866	64	36	33	74	0.3	5.8	5.3	2.8
the university of new england	8 539	33	67	24	14	1.6	44.2	18.5	3.6
monash university	33 545	61	39	21	70	0.3	13.1	7.7	3.6

universities established 1960-1986
macquarie university	15 787	52	48	29	61	0.8	3.9	4.4	3.2
la trobe university	16 855	68	32	19	69	0.4	32.0	14.0	3.5
the university of newcastle	14 703	64	36	14	66	1.3	17.8	26.2	4.3
the flinders university of south australia	8 895	62	38	19	62	0.9	12.5	15.4	5.6
james cook university	8 576	69	31	12	66	3.3	58.2	24.1	3.4
griffith university	20 148	70	30	14	53	1.1	13.0	23.1	3.5
murdoch university	8 950	59	41	19	52	1.6	13.0	25.7	4.6
deakin university	17 710	53	47	19	61	1.1	20.1	11.3	1.6
university of wollongong	10 639	58	42	23	37	0.9	18.1	10.9	7.5

universities established post 1987
curtin university of technology	19 969	63	37	16	56	2.3	11.4	20.2	1.3
queensland university of technology	23 390	64	36	18	47	0.9	15.1	17.3	2.9
northern territory university	2 903	46	54	21	22	4.9	19.5	3.9	4.0
university of western sydney	24 693	61	39	15	39	0.9	4.1	11.0	2.9
charles sturt university	18 425	32	68	20	16	1.2	45.5	14.6	2.4
university of technology, sydney	18 200	54	46	31	59	1.2	3.0	5.9	2.1
victoria university of technology	13 463	64	36	19	34	0.3	7.6	23.1	2.2
university of canberra	6 901	60	40	19	55	1.0	12.7	3.1	3.5
edith cowan university	14 084	53	47	15	42	4.5	13.6	19.2	2.3
university of notre dame australia	220	72	28	22	38	12.8	47.4	21.9	1.8
university of south australia	19 679	58	42	18	66	1.5	15.6	23.1	2.9
australian catholic university	7 518	64	36	24	49	2.4	15.3	10.4	4.6
royal melbourne institute of technology	25 162	62	38	23	58	0.1	10.0	11.6	2.5
swinburne university of technology	9 691	65	35	25	64	0.3	7.2	7.6	1.3
central queensland university	11 188	40	60	15	44	2.0	76.0	40.5	4.6
university of southern queensland	9 488	32	68	20	46	1.3	53.5	28.6	3.2
southern cross university	6 168	49	51	16	19	2.0	61.6	20.2	3.5
university of ballarat	3 968	75	25	14	71	0.5	72.8	13.6	3.0
university of the sunshine coast	2 052	70	30	5	59	0.6	82.6	42.5	5.0

australia	554 317	60	40	20	56	1.2	19.4	14.8	3.0

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table d3: diversity and performance of australian universities—staff

	teaching only staff as share of total staff FTE % (1999) (7)	research only staff as share of total staff FTE % (1999) (7)	teaching and research staff as share of total staff FTE % (1999) (7)	non-academic staff as share of all staff FTE % (1999) (7)	full-time academic staff as share of all staff FTE % (1999) (7)	fractional full-time academic staff as share of all staff FTE % (1999) (7)	casual academic staff as share of all staff FTE % (1999) (7)	above senior lecturer staff as share of all academic staff FTE % (1999) (7)	below lecturer level a staff as share of all academic staff FTE % (1999) (7)	academic staff with a higher degree (research or coursework) as share of all academic staff % (2000) (7)	academic staff aged <30 years as share of full-time and fractional full-time academic staff FTE % (2000) (7)	academic staff aged >50 years as share of full-time and fractional full-time academic staff FTE % (2000) (7)	salaries and salary related costs as a share of total expenses % (1999) (7)	remuneration per employee $ (1999)
older established universities
the university of sydney	7	11	31	56	33	3	7	21	27	80.4	5	39	59	58 502
the university of melbourne	8	18	25	52	35	5	8	23	33	53.3	9	30	58	63 027
the university of adelaide	7	19	27	55	34	2	8	19	29	83.9	4	38	59	61 029
university of tasmania	3	13	32	56	36	3	6	13	32	75.2	5	36	61	60 683
the university of queensland	4	23	25	60	32	4	4	20	34	(e)	8	30	56	58 179
the university of western australia	6	19	27	57	34	4	5	21	28	78.4	8	31	61	67 201
the australian national university	2	40	15	63	33	2	2	30	24	63.7	4	36	52	66 149
the university of new south wales	7	15	35	57	35	3	5	30	16	60.6	5	35	56	57 832
the university of new england	4	2	35	62	34	2	2	19	25	89.0	2	44	59	58 638
monash university	5	15	32	49	36	5	10	16	36	82.4	11	31	60	59 596

universities established 1960-1986
macquarie university	8	5	33	52	38	2	8	20	25	68.5	3	41	62	65 765
la trobe university	16	10	27	47	37	6	10	9	44	85.0	5	41	66	65 359
the university of newcastle	5	11	25	59	32	1	8	17	33	79.8	3	35	62	55 398
the flinders university of south australia	9	13	31	53	36	5	5	20	30	79.4	6	38	68	61 188
james cook university	8	16	26	55	39	2	4	13	28	47.8	5	32	61	65 252
griffith university	7	9	30	58	29	2	11	14	23	76.0	3	35	59	56 043
murdoch university	8	14	26	59	30	3	8	19	31	75.8	3	35	66	61 354
deakin university	8	5	31	56	32	2	9	11	32	67.9

Higher Education Review Process

Higher Education at the Crossroads: An Overview Paper

attachment d diversity and performance of australian universities

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diversity and performance of australian universities