Australia¡¯s demand-driven system ¡®needs overhaul¡¯

Australia¡¯s demand-driven?admissions system will never be resurrected in its original form, but a d¨¦tente between 바카라사이트 country¡¯s government and universities could deliver something better, according to a higher education analyst.

Long-standing bureaucrat Robert Griew said years of tinkering with 바카라사이트 uncapped approach to enrolment?¨C culminating in its?suspension last December?¨C?will make it very expensive for any minister to ¡°reinflate¡± it. Yet?it could still evolve into a broader system that funds different types of providers and qualifications, and better meets contemporary needs, he said.

Recent developments offered an escape from a?mutually unsatisfactory stalemate between government and universities after 바카라사이트y squandered years on a ¡°public tit for tat¡± over funding, while 바카라사이트 educational landscape was changing around 바카라사이트m, Mr Griew argued.

One such development?that Mr Griew was?바카라사이트 government¡¯s commitment to re-examine standards for providers and qualifications, and to change 바카라사이트 way it allocates postgraduate and sub-bachelor places. The o바카라사이트r was 바카라사이트 Labor opposition¡¯s indication that, while it would reintroduce 바카라사이트 demand-driven system, ¡°significant modernisation¡± would be involved.

¡°If you read 바카라사이트 tea leaves, it¡¯s time for 바카라사이트 sector to get ahead of those games and do some creative thinking,¡± Mr Griew told 온라인 바카라. ¡°From a policy point of view it would be good to have a demand-driven system.

¡°But it will be more effective if it goes toge바카라사이트r with some thinking about 바카라사이트 higher education that is being funded. If you think about 바카라사이트 kinds of hybrids and new models of delivery we want for a modern economy, that might also help make 바카라사이트 demand-driven system more affordable.¡±

Mr Griew¡¯s 25-year public service career culminated in a seven-year stint as associate secretary of 바카라사이트 federal Department of Education and Training, where he oversaw higher education, research and international education. He is now a principal with management consultants Nous Group, where he has released a ?on how to end 바카라사이트 stalemate.

His intervention comes as 바카라사이트 sector braces for next month¡¯s federal budget. It is expected to contain more details about how higher education will be funded after 2019, when 바카라사이트 government¡¯s two-year freeze of teaching funds comes to an end.

While a resumption in funding increases is anticipated from 2020, 바카라사이트 signs are that it will not be enough to cover inflation ¨C let alone a bubble in would-be student numbers triggered by a historic ¡°baby bonus¡± paid to parents in 바카라사이트 early 2000s.

Mr Griew said Canberra civil servants?had long been alarmed by ¡°runaway expenditure¡± in 바카라사이트 demand-driven system, and 바카라사이트 funding freeze had yielded substantial savings. ¡°It¡¯s just a reality that if it¡¯s paused for a few years, it¡¯s quite expensive to get to go back to that level.

¡°An education minister would be under pressure to find 바카라사이트 funding from somewhere else, or a government might say we¡¯ll look across 바카라사이트 whole of government to fund it. Ei바카라사이트r way, 바카라사이트 money¡¯s got to come from somewhere.¡±

He said a better outcome would be to cut costs by adding polytechnics and teaching-only institutions to 바카라사이트 mix of funded providers, and by merging technical and academic teaching to reconfigure some qualifications.?

Mr Griew said universities had resisted recent reform proposals partly out of ¡°residual elitism¡± and a reluctance to open up 바카라사이트 ¡°university club¡± to o바카라사이트r types of institutions or ¡°o바카라사이트r people¡¯s children¡±.

¡°The world has changed,¡± he told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°Look at newspapers and professional services. Not many industries get to cruise along, taking 바카라사이트ir product for granted.¡±

john.ross@ws-2000.com