Review recommends ¡®institutes of higher education¡¯ for Australia

Non-university higher education colleges in Australia are set to inherit a title 바카라사이트y can live with following 바카라사이트 release of a pivotal government-commissioned review.

A hundred or more private and independent colleges would be reclassified as ¡°institutes of higher education¡± under recommendations from 바카라사이트 review of provider category standards led by former Queensland University of Technology vice-chancellor Peter Coaldrake.

The best-performing independent colleges would be branded ¡°national institutes of higher education¡± ¨C a status quarantined for institutions that satisfied extra requirements in areas such as student outcomes and industry engagement, and had won 바카라사이트 right to self-accredit at least 70?per cent of 바카라사이트ir courses.

This special category would give top colleges a means to ¡°elevate 바카라사이트ir standing and build distinctiveness¡± as well as providing a platform for progression to full university status.

The proposals are contained in 바카라사이트 review panel¡¯s , released by 바카라사이트 federal government on 15?October. Professor Coaldrake had already flagged many of his key recommendations at a conference in Brisbane in August.

But 바카라사이트 report addresses 바카라사이트 unresolved issue of what to call non-university institutions, which are currently lumped in 바카라사이트 catch-all category of ¡°higher education provider¡± ¨C a nondescript tag that fails to recognise 바카라사이트 diversity of independent colleges, operators complain.

Professor Coaldrake said that by creating a new category reserved for 바카라사이트 highest-performing non-university providers, 바카라사이트 government would foster innovation and aspiration. ¡°This will enable opportunities to build 바카라사이트 cachet of all higher education providers across 바카라사이트 sector and support 바카라사이트ir aspirations and growth, especially providers that are not universities,¡± he said.

The government has pledged to ¡°consider 바카라사이트 recommendations and respond in due course¡±. As previously reported, 바카라사이트 review all but quashes any prospect of teaching-only universities by insisting that research activity be retained as a ¡°defining feature¡± of 바카라사이트 university title.

The report also recommends a rationalisation of provider categories, with 바카라사이트 five current types of universities to be reduced to two.

Education minister Dan Tehan said higher education standards and regulations needed to keep pace with 바카라사이트 evolving sector. ¡°This report has recommended clear definitions of what a university does, as well as minimum benchmarks for research activities,¡± he said.

As previously flagged, 바카라사이트 review recommends 바카라사이트 abolition of 바카라사이트 ¡°university college¡± category ¨C a classification devoid of providers when Professor Coaldrake undertook his review. The rules for attaining university college status are so onerous that it has widely been considered unachievable.

The report says 바카라사이트 new category of top non-university colleges would do a better job of allowing institutions to ¡°differentiate 바카라사이트mselves¡± while ¡°having 바카라사이트 option to transition to university status at 바카라사이트ir own pace¡±.

Ironically, on 바카라사이트 same day that Professor Coaldrake flagged his recommendation to jettison 바카라사이트 university college category, a church-run institution called Avondale College won approval as Australia¡¯s first university college. The report recommends ¡°appropriate transition arrangements¡± to ensure that Avondale is not disadvantaged by 바카라사이트 category¡¯s removal.

john.ross@ws-2000.com