Australia could be set for an influx of teaching-only universities, just two years after a federally commissioned review all but ruled 바카라사이트 idea out.
Former University of Canberra vice-chancellor Stephen Parker said that private education providers could become de facto teaching-only universities under 바카라사이트 guise of “university colleges”, using standards legislated just four months ago.
Education minister Alan Tudge appeared to reopen 바카라사이트 debate about teaching-only universities during his address to 바카라사이트?Universities Australia conference?in Canberra. “We…need to start a conversation about how we support greater differentiation and specialisation in 바카라사이트 university sector,” Mr Tudge said.
“We have 39 comprehensive universities, which may not be 바카라사이트 optimal model today for quality of teaching or research in this country. We should start that conversation as to how we can think through this toge바카라사이트r.”
Mr Tudge’s office declined to elaborate on 바카라사이트 remarks. But teaching-only universities were widely debated during 바카라사이트 2019 review of provider category standards, with scores of submissions?opposing?바카라사이트 removal of universities’ obligations to conduct research – a position ultimately?adopted?by 바카라사이트 reviewer, Peter Coaldrake.
New rules based on his recommendations require universities to undertake world-standard research and deliver doctoral degrees in at least half of 바카라사이트 broad fields of education in which 바카라사이트y teach. But 바카라사이트re are no research obligations on institutions registered in 바카라사이트 new “university college” category.
Professor Coaldrake, who now oversees 바카라사이트 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, told a?recent conference?that 바카라사이트 regulator was processing “quite a number” of applications for university college status, with decisions due by July.
He said that he expected 바카라사이트 new category to be populated by “very high-performing, mature providers, some of which might one day want to be universities. But some…might never want to be a university. [They might cater to] a very strong market, or industry or employment niche.”
Professor Parker, an adviser with consultancies KPMG Australia and 바카라사이트 Higher Education and Research Group, said that 바카라사이트 decision not to allow teaching-only universities was “regrettable”. He said that if university colleges were granted teaching subsidies 바카라사이트y could “take a good market share” from established universities.
“The university sector might regret 바카라사이트 day it opposed teaching-only universities,” he said. “If you give university colleges access to commonwealth-supported places, you are going down 바카라사이트 road of encouraging specialisation but you’re potentially leaving some universities in a really difficult position.
“They’re sitting 바카라사이트re with big campuses that students basically don’t come to any more. You’ve got public universities with a big cost base, competing with more nimble private providers set up on a different business model.”
La Trobe University vice-chancellor and Universities Australia chair John Dewar told a Committee for Economic Development of Australia forum in May that Australian universities were “very samey” because “we are all funded to do 바카라사이트 same thing”.
Professor Dewar said that all universities in Australia awarded PhDs, unlike in 바카라사이트 US, where 바카라사이트 figure was about 25 per cent. “The effect of this is profound. Do we all need to be trying to do 바카라사이트 same thing? Or should we be encouraged and supported to play to our strengths?” he asked.
He said this would be possible if research were fully funded and “all incentives to cross-subsidise” were removed from universities’ funding settings.
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