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Competitive Tendering and Contracting within Australian Universities.
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Sciulli, Nick – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1997
Examines trends in competitive tendering and contracting (i.e., outsourcing) in Australian universities and their implications for university administrators, using data from a survey of 29 institutions. Looks at institutional policies, costing methodologies, services contracted out, and reasons for contracting out services. Results indicate cost…
Descriptors: College Administration, Competition, Contracts, Economic Change
Implications of a Move to a User-Pays System of Higher Education.
Martin, L. M. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1993
Implications of two trends in Australian higher education are considered. These trends are shift to a fee-for-services system in which the government pays less of the cost of higher education; and move toward deregulation, with elimination of centralized planning and emphasis placed on institutional response to student demand. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Decentralization, Educational Economics, Federal Regulation
From Dawkins to Where?
Charlesworth, Max – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1993
Recent changes in the Australian higher education system have created some basic contradictions: (1) "privatization" that does not equate with institutional autonomy; (2) ambiguity over higher education as a public vs. private good; (3) larger enrollments, but increased emphasis on research over teaching; and (4) focus on diversity…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Instruction, College Role