Higher Education in Australia
Mapping Australian higher education
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Grattan Institute Report No. 2012-1, January 2012
This report was written by Andrew Norton, Grattan Institute Higher Education Program Director. Grattan Associates Julian Reichl and Ben Weidmann, and Grattan interns Peter Deutscher and ShanVerne Liew, contributed to the report’s research and production. We would like to thank the members of the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Reference Group for their helpful comments.
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The opinions in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Grattan Institute’s founding members, affiliates, individual board members or reference group members. Any remaining errors or omissions are the responsibility of the author. This version was revised on 14 March 2012. The only significant change was to correct funding levels for maths and science in table 8 on page 50. For further information on the Institute’s programs, or to join our mailing list, please go to: http://www.grattan.edu.au/
This report may be cited as: Norton , A, 2012, Mapping Australian higher education, Grattan Institute, Melbourne.
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Grattan Institute 2012
Mapping Australian higher education
Overview
For people new to higher education and higher education policy, the field can seem bewildering. Basic facts are surprisingly difficult to find and interpret. Funding entitlements reflect the sector’s history more than consistent policy principles. Free markets exist alongside tight government regulation. Mapping Australian higher education is the first report from the Grattan Institute’s higher education program. It
Founding members
Program Support
Grattan Institute Report No. 2012-1, January 2012
This report was written by Andrew Norton, Grattan Institute Higher Education Program Director. Grattan Associates Julian Reichl and Ben Weidmann, and Grattan interns Peter Deutscher and ShanVerne Liew, contributed to the report’s research and production. We would like to thank the members of the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Reference Group for their helpful comments.
Senior Institutional Affiliates
National Australia Bank Wesfarmers Stockland Google
The opinions in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Grattan Institute’s founding members, affiliates, individual board members or reference group members. Any remaining errors or omissions are the responsibility of the author. This version was revised on 14 March 2012. The only significant change was to correct funding levels for maths and science in table 8 on page 50. For further information on the Institute’s programs, or to join our mailing list, please go to: http://www.grattan.edu.au/
This report may be cited as: Norton , A, 2012, Mapping Australian higher education, Grattan Institute, Melbourne.
Institutional Affiliates
Arup Urbis
All material published, or otherwise created by Grattan Institute is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Scanlon Foundation Lend Lease 1
Grattan Institute 2012
Mapping Australian higher education
Overview
For people new to higher education and higher education policy, the field can seem bewildering. Basic facts are surprisingly difficult to find and interpret. Funding entitlements reflect the sector’s history more than consistent policy principles. Free markets exist alongside tight government regulation. Mapping Australian higher education is the first report from the Grattan Institute’s higher education program. It
References: Mapping Australian higher education NHMRC (2011) NHMRC Grants Funding for the Current Decade 2002 - 2011