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Download full textNational Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This publication provides information on how government-funded vocational education and training (VET) in Australia is financed and where the money is spent. Government-funded VET in the 2015 reporting year is broadly defined as all activity delivered by government providers and government-funded activity delivered by community education providers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, Income
Peer reviewedTurner, Michael; Brown, Alistair – Australian Universities' Review, 2013
This paper examines the hypothetical cost-savings that might ensue from a merger of most of Australia's major research universities. The results of the textual analysis show that a merger of these universities has the potential to reduce expenses and professional and support staff salaries, increase comprehensive income returns and improve…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Consolidated Schools
Direct linkSwift, Lynette – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This paper reviews and examines approaches to determining the financial viability of academic programmes as a critical component of assessing a programme's overall sustainability. Key to assessing the financial viability of a programme is understanding the teaching activities required to deliver the programme and the cost of those activities. A…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Learning Activities
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author reports on the reigning economic calculus that helps to drive constant expansion and poor utilization of space on many campuses. The author states that colleges could charge for utilities, which might encourage departments to save energy. Most American colleges do not charge for space--in part because doing so would raise the hackles of…
Descriptors: Colleges, Campuses, School Space, Space Utilization
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This pocket guide presents statistics about: (1) the public vocational education and training (VET) system, which includes activity undertaken at technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, other government providers, community education providers and publicly funded delivery by private providers; (2) apprentices and trainees, who are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Community Education, Vocational Education
Group of Eight (NJ1), 2012
Over the period 2001-2011, the number of applications for university places increased by 17.8%, or just over 37,000. At the same time, the number of offers increased faster in percentage terms (20.5%), while absolute growth was slightly smaller at just under 35,000. As demand for higher education has grown, there has been a trend towards Science,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Demand, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
