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Taylor, Robert L. – 1991
This paper analyzes the relative funding model developed as part of the reorganization resulting from the 1988 Australian Government's White Paper on Higher Education Policy. This reorganization created the Unified National System which has resulted in fewer but larger higher education institutions. The relative funding model is described in terms…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Download full textSmart, Don – 1986
The Hawke Labor government in Australia, elected in 1983, conforms to a well-defined international trend away from stong public support for education and welfare spending. This paper focuses on the education policies of the Hawke government and compares them with those of the previous Fraser government and with those of the Reagan administration…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Equal Facilities
Nisbet, John, Ed.; And Others – 1985
Nineteen articles on the status of the relationship among educational research, policy, and practice around the world are collected in the 1985 edition of the "World Yearbook of Education." Contributors address the development of national policies on educational research in countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Agency Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Policy
Jones, Thomas H. – 1983
Pursuant to the emerging political issue of government financial support for private schools in the United States, a study was made of the Australian system of educational finance, which includes substantial government aid to nongovernment schools. Following a historical analysis and typology of government educational policy in both countries, a…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Schuller, Tom, Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers investigates change and compares university education experiences worldwide, looking at it from the perspective of numbers of students, range of institutions, funding, institutional functions, boundaries, and directions, orientation of students and staff, and institutional change. After an introduction by Tom Schuler,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Change Agents, College Faculty
Golding, Barry; Davies, Merryn; Volkoff, Veronica – 2001
The volume and scope of research into adult and community education (ACE) in Australia have increased significantly over the past decade. Studies designed to map, reevaluate, showcase, and promote ACE have been funded by Australia's federal and state governments and by bodies such as Adult Learning Australia. Practitioner-generated research has…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
