'Dirty Secret' of Higher Education Revealed as Senate Inquiry Calls on Universities to Change

University council appointments should be overhauled, says Senate inquiry report

Senate report calls for university council reforms to prioritise education and research over corporate practices.

'Dirty secret' of higher education revealed as senate inquiry calls on universities to change

The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.

Senate inquiry calls for sweeping reforms to how Australia's unis are run

Australia’s universities are being governed as though they are big corporations, with less focus on public education, an inquiry has found. Photo: Michelle Kroll. Australia’s universities should be far less corporatised and more transparent, and they must reshape their governing bodies to ensure public education and research are their highest priorities. So says a Senate inquiry into the quality of university governance, in its final report hand…