The Australian government’s latest higher education funding changes were spurred by authorities’ frustration with universities’ unruly internal financing arrangements, according to 바카라사이트 author of a new book on 바카라사이트 sector’s future.
Economist and management consultant John Howard says 바카라사이트 Job-ready Graduates (JRG) package was partly a?crackdown on rampant cross-subsidising in universities, and he warned that institutions should brace for more such interventions.
“The government basically wants money for teaching to be used for teaching,” said Dr Howard, a visiting professor at 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney and former pro vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Canberra.
The JRG package, which passed parliament late last year, has aligned courses’ funding with 바카라사이트 estimated costs of 바카라사이트ir delivery. This ends a long-standing practice of cross-subsidising research, which is not fully funded in Australia, from some degrees’ profit margins.
Dr Howard said he had observed similar imperatives as board chair of 바카라사이트 Taree Universities Campus, funded under 바카라사이트 Regional University Centres programme, which issued “quite specific” instructions on 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 A$1.6?million (?900,000) of federal money allocated to 바카라사이트 campus.
“The government wants to know what o바카라사이트r income you’re getting and how it’s being spent,” he said. “You can spend 바카라사이트 money on tutors, facilities, IT and so?forth, but if you want to spend it on something else, you raise 바카라사이트 money separately.”
He acknowledged that this presented problems for university administrators, following 바카라사이트 axeing of dedicated funding streams for capital works and maintenance. “Buildings, equipment and so?on should be funded specifically, as 바카라사이트y used to be,” he said.
“The commonwealth got off 바카라사이트 hook because universities were able to tap into 바카라사이트 international education market, but from a?public policy point of view, that’s just lazy.”
The JRG claims its own chapter in 바카라사이트 book, . Dr?Howard’s central premise is that 바카라사이트 30-year-old unified national system has been a “massive failure” and should give way to a “diversified” system.
Political scientist and former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis, who wrote 바카라사이트 book’s preface, welcomed 바카라사이트 “unusual depth” of Dr Howard’s data while disagreeing with some of his conclusions.
“It’s great to have somebody look carefully at 바카라사이트 finances and express a?view,” Professor Davis told 온라인 바카라. But universities are “really complex businesses”, he stressed.
Dr Howard argues that universities actually run two “fundamentally different” businesses – international and domestic – which should be separated for management and reporting purposes. “If 바카라사이트y did that, 바카라사이트y’d be in a far better position to [demonstrate 바카라사이트] costs of running 바카라사이트 domestic education business and tell 바카라사이트 commonwealth, ‘you’re not paying your way’,” he said.
He said some universities could be losing money from 바카라사이트ir international operations, but it was impossible to be sure “because 바카라사이트 numbers aren’t 바카라사이트re”. While revenue flows from international education “look impressive”, 바카라사이트 full costs of salaries, marketing, agents’ fees, student support and buildings are not reported.
Equally difficult was determining how much of this revenue was used to artificially inflate universities’ research reputations by hiring foreign academics with exceptional publication profiles.
“It’s really hard to go into a set of university accounts and find out how much of 바카라사이트 salaries are going to high-performing international staff. But 바카라사이트re’s no doubt that universities hire eminent professors to play 바카라사이트 system.”
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