Millennium Endeavour Project Delivering Preeminence in Australian Higher Education

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Millennium Endeavour ProjectDelivering
Pre-eminence in Australian Higher Education

• Crossroads Commentary
• Darron Passlow
• September 2002

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Basic Assumptions

• Government Funding will not meet future demand
• Demand for HE will outstrip available funding
• Funding for HE must deliver a definable RoI
• Return on Investment must be a prime
  consideration
• Australia must excel in the Knowledge Economy
• H.E. will drive Australian participation locally
  globally
• An Australian solution is required for Australia
• Competitive advantage/Benefit to all Australians
• A significant change is required
• Doing things the old way will not suffice

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Basis of commentary

• Strong Commercial focus
• A non academic view of next generation higher
  education
• A Significant Paradigm Shift
• Revolution not evolution is required
• Australian solution for Australia
• Australian qualities, Australian ingenuity to
  deliver global solutions from Australia for the
  benefit of Australians
• A definitive, non exclusive, flexible solution
• Other ideas and approaches can be accommodated

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Defining an IdealUniversity

• Define one possibility (an ideal situation)
• Remove boundaries to our thoughts
• Commercial reality
• Deliver Return on Investment (RoI)
• Australian Innovation Entrepreneurship
• Delivering world class quality and commitment
• Coordinated non-competing effort
• More cooperation/less competition
• Commercial decisions across all activities

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Measuring the IdealUniversity

• Dedication and Commitment
• The drivers from within
• Higher Education policy
• Appropriate regulation/more flexibility from
  outside
• Learning Experience and outcomes
• Passion for excellence
• World class quality and delivery
• Access on an equitable basis
• Available to all Australians
• Commercial success supporting compassion

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Measuring the IdealUniversity

• Institutional Specialization
• Focus on strengths/alleviate weaknesses
• Non compete by Australians
• World class expertise (Now/sustainable)
• Australian issues and topics
• Community/Regional Engagement
• Focus on appropriate community issues
• Cost effective delivery
• Funding opportunities outside education
• Sport as the engagement catalyst

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Measuring the IdealUniversity

• Efficiency Effectiveness
• Distributed small/focused project based model
• BIG is NOT necessarily beautiful (But BIG fits
  model)
• Remove old antiquated British
  influence/structure
• New innovative/entrepreneurial model required
• Governance Management
• Turn conventional model on its head!
• Commercially driven management
• Academia supported by commercial management
• (see attached diagrams)

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The Ideal UniversityA management model
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The Ideal UniversityA funding model
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The Ideal UniversityCommercial reality
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Other Measures IdealUniversity

• Governance and Ethics
• Combine academic and commercial models
• Quality Accreditation
• Self assessment an option/customer arbitration
• Workplace relations
• Professional approach/commercial basis
• Revenue Diversification
• Government/industry/community funded
• Move to commercially funded bias - public/private
  mix
• Eliminate Bureaucratic red tape

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Millennium Endeavour Project

• Driving the Higher Education revolution as an
  Australian initiative with the enthusiasm and
  entrepreneurship of the Sydney 2000 Olympics
  project to ensure ultimate global success and
  enduring real benefits for Australians