The Hawke government and education 1983–1985

Smart, Don; Scott, Roger; Murphy, Katrina M.; Dudley, Janice

doi:10.1080/00323268608401980

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“…In any case, the government saw the school system and vocational training as the predominant means of securing higher youth employment (Smart, Scott, Murphy, & Dudley, 1986). Government funding for higher education, however, had dropped in real terms by eight per cent in the ten years since 1976-77.…”

Section: International Students and The Impact Of Neoliberalism Undermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Highly-Regulated ‘Free Market’: Commonwealth Policies on Private Overseas Students from 1974 to 2005

Megarrity¹

2007

Australian Journal of Education

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This article traces the evolution of Commonwealth policies on private overseas students from the 1970s to the present, emphasising the Commonwealth government's role in the creation of an international education market. It will be argued that while neoliberal ‘market forces' rhetoric has been a key feature of its international education policies since the 1980s, the Commonwealth has shown by its actions that it fears the consequences of a truly free market in international education services.

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Section: International Students and The Impact Of Neoliberalism Undermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Highly-Regulated ‘Free Market’: Commonwealth Policies on Private Overseas Students from 1974 to 2005

Megarrity¹

2007

Australian Journal of Education

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“…Past and present policies such as a decade of funding neglect, policies that have increased high school retention but have not flowed on with the creation of more te~iary education places (for a discussion see Smart et al, 1986) and the export of education services have created the conditions for private institutions to emerge. Additionally, the introduction of fees and the graduate tax aids the growth of private institutions since 'the relative cost of attending private institutions will be reduced by the size of the fee in public higher education' (Burke, 1988: 32).…”

Section: De Facto Support For Dual Sector Provisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, in their opposition to private universities, the academic unions base their arguments from '...the lessons of privatisation in schooling (which) indicate that in the longer term, taxpayer support would be sought' (George, 1988: 9). While there are difficulties in drawing a causal link between events in the school sector and higher education, it is an observation which a number of analysts have regarded as analogous (see inter alia Sheridan, 1989;Smart, 1986;and George, 1988). One critic of federal government policy on private higher education, Kenway, for example, suggests that the government's thinking on private higher education is 'profoundly ahistorical'.…”

Section: Subsidy Academic Standards and Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Private higher education in Australia

Stone

1990

High Educ

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In the post World War Two era and prior to the mid 1980s Australia has been characterised by exclusive public provision, financing and regulation of higher education. The 1980s, however, have been marked by considerable turmoil which culminated in the 1988 White Paper. Circumstances provided by the reform of the higher education system, the booming overseas student market and unmet domestic demand have provided a window of opportunity for private providers. This paper charts the growth of private provision, federal and state government responses and the pressures for subsidy and regulation. The paper concludes that the policies of both levels of government are hastening the development of what Geiger (1988) defines as a 'peripheral private sector' of higher education in Australia.

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“…This did not go unnoticed in Australia, with economic policy strongly influenced by the 'ideology of the New Right'. 32 With the success of these approaches overseas, policy makers in Australia were more predisposed towards free market principles, with an emphasis towards 'privatization' solutions. 33 It became abundantly clear that the higher education sector was not going to completely escape the reforms that were taking place in other sectors of the economy.…”

Section: The Dawkins Review 1987mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Australia is 9th out of 30 in the proportion of people aged [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] with a degree, down from 7th a decade ago.…”

Section: The Bradley Review Of Australian Higher Education 2008mentioning

confidence: 99%