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Review of Australian higher education : final report / Denise Bradley (Chair) ... [et al.]

Review of Australian higher education : final report / Denise Bradley (Chair) ... [et al.]
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Record Number 14778
ISBN 9780642778048
Author Bradley, Denise
Title Review of Australian higher education : final report / Denise Bradley (Chair) ... [et al.] [Electronic resource]
Published Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
Collation 271 p.
General Note Available online. See link at the foot of this record.
Summary Note "Briefly, the panel recommends a package of reforms which if adopted will achieve the following outcomes: Targets [1] national targets for attainment of degree qualifications and for participation of low socio-economic status students will be set and institution-specific targets for participation and performance established and monitored; [2] targets will be set to enable national benchmarking against other OECD countries to track system quality and performance; Students [1] all qualified students will receive an entitlement for a Commonwealth subsidised higher education place; [2] students will have a choice of where to study at recognised institutions; [3] funding will follow the student; [4] institutions will have freedom to enrol as many students as they wish; [5] funding for teaching will be increased; [6] funding for low socio-economic status students will be significantly increased; [7] funding for provision in regional and rural areas will be increased; [8] levels of student financial support will be increased and eligibility made fairer based on need; Institutions [1] all higher education institutions, including universities, will be accredited; [2] criteria for the title of university and for the right to offer research degrees will be tightened; [3] a proportion of the funds allocated to institutions will be allocated on the basis of performance against specific targets for teaching and equity; [4] funds for research will be increased to more fairly reflect costs; [5] funds will be made available to assist institutions to make structural changes; The national framework [1] accountability will be simplified and streamlined to allow each institution to play to its strengths; [2] the Australian Government will assume the primary funding and overall regulatory responsibility for tertiary education; [3] the Australian Government will establish an independent national tertiary education regulatory body; and [4] the Australian Government will progressively extend the tertiary entitlement to the vocational education and training (VET) sector commencing with higher level VET qualifications." (p. xiii-xiv).
Subject Education, Higher -- Australia -- Evaluation
Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives
Higher education and state -- Australia.
Added Name Noonan, Peter
Nugent, Helen
Scales, Bill
Internet Site http://www.innovation.gov.au/HigherEducation/Documents/Review/PDF/Higher%20Education%20Review_one%20document_02.pdf
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