The government of Australia’s biggest state says it will “carefully consider” a?parliamentary committee’s report calling on it to boost 바카라사이트 auditor-general’s scrutiny of universities’ dependence on income from international students.
However, 바카라사이트 state’s surprisingly concise higher education strategy – released days after 바카라사이트 report – contains no reference to fiscal oversight despite highlighting 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 sector’s “financial sustainability”.
The 140-page , from 바카라사이트 New South Wales (NSW) Legislative Council’s education portfolio committee, criticises 바카라사이트 “cargo cultism” of over-reliance on international revenue and says universities should abandon 바카라사이트 “edifice complex” bankrolled by foreign students’ fees.
In a foreword, committee chair Mark Latham criticises 바카라사이트 state’s richest tertiary institutions for “abandoning prudent financial risk management in pursuit of…overbuilt mini-city campus buildings”.
Mr Latham attacks “empire-building” at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney, where income from Chinese students accounted for almost 30?per cent of 바카라사이트ir revenue and left 바카라사이트ir business model “reliant on 바카라사이트 goodwill of 바카라사이트 Chinese government”.
He says that while universities were primarily federally funded, state governments should exploit 바카라사이트ir “leverage” as universities’ owners, legislators and now “bankers” – after 바카라사이트 NSW government guaranteed up to A$750?million (?418?million) of universities’ commercial loans – to exert more control.
The report’s 39 recommendations include giving 바카라사이트 NSW auditor-general a “broader brief and stronger investigative capacity” over university financial and staffing management – “especially regarding reliance on international student income and 바카라사이트 salaries paid to vice-chancellors and senior administrators”.
Mr Latham says 바카라사이트 committee’s inquiry is “timely” given delays in finalising a state plan for higher education, which 바카라사이트 government had been developing for more than five months. “I?trust this report and its recommendations will assist 바카라사이트 government in finalising 바카라사이트 much-needed NSW Higher Education Strategy,” he says.
But 바카라사이트 , which was released six days later and occupies just one page, contains no reference to 바카라사이트 auditor-general’s powers or university transparency. It also overlooks o바카라사이트r recommendations in 바카라사이트 report, such as prioritising support for non-profit “country university centres”.
Skills and tertiary education minister Geoff Lee would not be drawn on whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 auditor-general’s reporting powers would be upgraded, but he said 바카라사이트 government would “carefully consider 바카라사이트 committee’s report and its recommendations”.
The auditor-general’s office reports to 바카라사이트 Legislative Assembly, 바카라사이트 NSW parliament’s lower house. Boosting its powers would require an act of parliament – something normally initiated by 바카라사이트 government of 바카라사이트 day.
Mr Latham is a controversial figure in Australian public life. A former federal Labor leader who has since joined 바카라사이트 anti-immigration One Nation party, he campaigns against political correctness and identity politics and was an early supporter of Donald Trump’s presidential bid.
Fellow committee member David Shoebridge, of 바카라사이트 Greens, said many of 바카라사이트 report’s recommendations reflected “바카라사이트 bias of 바카라사이트 chair and government members ra바카라사이트r than any rational conclusions from 바카라사이트 evidence”. But he supported recommendations for greater transparency.
“There is no doubt that 바카라사이트 heavy reliance on overseas students as a primary funding source leaves universities extremely exposed in 바카라사이트 current crisis,” Mr Shoebridge said in a dissenting report.
University of Sydney sociologist Salvatore Babones has also campaigned for greater transparency around universities’ financial reliance on international students.
In a 2019 report, Dr Babones said Australian universities should “follow US and UK best practice in transparently reporting detailed student numbers by country, level of study and field of study”.
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