Higher education policy in Australia: corporate or coercive federalism?

Smart, Don

doi:10.1080/0268093910060108

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“…Corporate federalism is to be seen at work in the most recent document on teacher education in Australia and in related schooling policy developments (Bartlett et al, 1991;Lingard, 1991). However, as Smart (1991) points out, because the commonwealth controls funding for higher education institutions, a more 'coercive' federalism has operated in that domain.…”

Section: An Amalgam Of Beliefs In a Discourse Of Reformmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…However, the States still provide more than 80% of the funds for schools. It is this different funding situation which, under Hawke Labor, has seen 'coercive federalism' operating in the establishment of the unified national system of higher education (Smart, 1991), and 'corporate federalism' working in the schooling policy area. Teacher education is an important fulcrum between the two domains.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Restructuring Teacher Education in Australia

Bartlett¹,

Knight

Lingard

1992

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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Debate on teacher quality and quality in teaching and teacher education has been as vigorous in Australia as it has been in the UK and the USA. In Australia, however, reform in teacher education has been subsumed within a national metapolicy of corporate federalism which is an amalgam of beliefs or discourses including neocorporatism, economic rationalism, corporate managerialism and human capital. The paper analyses the most recent document on reform of teacher education in Australia (the Ebbeck Report) and shows how its policy formulation is influenced by the discourse of corporate federalism. It also shows how micro-economic reform in this sector is related to reforms in other sectors of education.

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Section: An Amalgam Of Beliefs In a Discourse Of Reformmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Restructuring Teacher Education in Australia

Bartlett¹,

Knight

Lingard

1992

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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“…In parallel with the perceived benefits of the economies of scale provided by the amalgamations, the reforms also focused on reducing the economic dependence of universities on government (Dawkins 1987(Dawkins , 1988. As a consequence there has been a 'very limited' increase in government funding since that time (Smart 1991;Gillespie et al 2001;Abbott and Doucouliagos 2003). For example, there was a projected shortfall of approximately $1 billion/annum between the introduction of the reforms in 1989 and 2001.…”

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“…For example, there was a projected shortfall of approximately $1 billion/annum between the introduction of the reforms in 1989 and 2001. It was envisaged that this shortfall would be made up from private sources and productivity improvements (Smart 1991). The restrictions on government funding have not changed substantially over time.…”

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Science under siege: necessity driving the teaching-research nexus

Burgin

Renshaw

2012

Science Under Siege

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In recent decades there has been a major shift in Australian government policies associated with universities. These reforms have been focused largely on reducing the economic dependence of universities on government. In parallel with these reforms, there has been increasing pressure on universities to lift their performance in both teaching and research and there has been much talk of the research-teaching nexus. In this chapter we provide a case study as an example of how the authors have moved to integrate teaching and research in the face of fiscal adversity. We conclude that the outcomes were positive to all involved and provided an enhanced student learning and experience, while supporting the integration of teaching and learning for the academics involved. This integration of the twin activities of teaching and research provided academic staff with opportunities to develop their research initiatives beyond what would have otherwise been possible within the same timeframe if their research and teaching had not been entwined. However, we reflect that if science were not under siege there may not have been the incentive to change the status quo and drive the research-teaching nexus.

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“…The recent Finn report (Australian Education Council Review Committee,199 1) extends the possibilities for an integrated schooling, technical and further education (TAFE) and higher education system. It is interesting that the Commonwealth Government's financial 'control' of higher education has allowed a more coercive federalism to operate in that policy domain (Smart, 1991). The creation of the federalist Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) in the TAFE domain will probably ensure that national TAFE policy will be formulated through what might be called 'cooperative federalism'.…”

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Strengthening Australia's Schools through Corporate Federalism?

Lingard

O’Brien

Knight

1993

Australian Journal of Education

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The federal policy document, ‘Strengthening Australia's schools’ (SAS), signified a new approach to commonwealth—state relations in schooling policy making—corporate federalism. Corporate federalism extended the application of neocorporatist strategies for managing and responding to crisis (here, in particular, Australia's worsening national and international economic situation) from the private to the public sector This paper documents and evaluates the rationale for corporate federalism in SAS. Some possible future developments within federalism and schooling policy are also considered.

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Higher education policy in Australia: corporate or coercive federalism?

Cited by 19 publications

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Restructuring Teacher Education in Australia

Restructuring Teacher Education in Australia

Science under siege: necessity driving the teaching-research nexus

Strengthening Australia's Schools through Corporate Federalism?

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