This research investigates the impact of international education on the mission and priorities, finances and financial systems, organizational cultures, facilities and services, academic organization and the character of education in Australian universities.

What happens to academic freedom in contemporary higher education institutions and systems, particularly those of the Westminster type (UK, Australia, New Zealand) asks Simon Marginson. The paper begins by identifying the constituents of academic freedom, here designated as academic self-determination, operating at the level of individual practices in academic units. The paper then considers the...

What happens to academic freedom in contemporary higher education institutions and systems, particularly those of the Westminster type (UK, Australia, New Zealand) asks Simon Marginson. The paper begins by identifying the constituents of academic freedom, here designated as academic self-determination, operating at the level of individual practices in academic units. The paper then considers the...

In Australia the federal and state/territory governments share provision and regulation in education. Federal/state roles have accumulated ad hoc, there are no binding agreements on a lasting basis, and there is a lack of synchrony between the legal, policy, administrative and funding frameworks. The states are strongest in the legal dimension and weakest in funding...