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Recent statements from Australia’s education minister and prime minister signal—potentially—a new era in Australian university autonomy. Claims that Australian public universities will be given greater organizational autonomy suggests there will be less dependence on governments to direct strategies but also less government funding and thus greater financial autonomy. Should Australian public universities be given more freedom “to formulate strategies for their future development” (Bleiklie 2007: 397), they may also formulate new trajectories of internationalization. Governments encourage “export” of higher education to encourage alternative revenue sources from overseas student fees (Parker 2013), leading to greater financial autonomy and eventually to an enlarged and more diversified financial base.
“Freedom and autonomy will be the hallmarks of the government’s approach to universities. As we reduce the burden of regulation on universities, I urge universities to grasp their destinies in their own hands.”
—Australian Education Minister, Christopher Pyne, May 2014 (Pyne 2014: 16)
“We are deregulating higher education—because universities, of all institutions—should be capable of running themselves.”
—Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, June 2014 (Abbott 2014)
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Tayar, M., Jack, R. (2016). Autonomy and the Realities of Internationalization at Australian Universities: An Institutional Logics Perspective. In: Turcan, R.V., Reilly, J.E., Bugaian, L. (eds) (Re)Discovering University Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137388728_14
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