How should further diversity and specialisation be facilitated in the Australian higher education sector?
377 Internationally, a significant trend in public sector management has been to minimise the role of government in order to maximise competition and contestability in markets. Within such a framework, there are still policy changes that governments can make to promote change and facilitate particular behaviours in markets. Given that there is a strong legislative and historical foundation for institutional autonomy in Australia, what role should government play in facilitating greater diversity in the Australian higher education market? 378 There are a number of possible options for the facilitation of further diversity and specialisation, each involving different levels of government intervention. The possibilities range from centralised planning and regulation of institutional missions to a deregulation of the higher education market to allow institutions to identify and secure their own position in the market. However, it is to be noted that the Commonwealth Minister, Dr Brendan Ne
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