The diversity of American higher education and the transplantation of the industrial model of collective bargaining to campuses explain the modest contribution made by collective bargaining to university governance. Faculty should have the right to bargain collectively, but the cost usually outweighs the effectiveness, and strengthening collegial…

Recent organizational and legal changes of Australia's faculty union may affect its operations and power. Some concern has been expressed at its centralization, some at growth in branch power versus institutional-level power. Short-term change is unlikely because the same individuals will be making decisions for some time. (Author/MSE)

A survey of Australian department heads in 61 institutions examined their most important tasks and responsibilities and perceptions of professional development opportunities; the results are compared with North American studies. Three alternative strategies for meeting professional development needs are suggested and evaluated. (Author/MSE)

A study involving a South Australian postsecondary institution's students and faculty in three methods of evaluating and ranking 29 institutional goals reveals various perceptions of the institution's role. Attitudes toward the goals, goal priority, desirability to students, institutional feasibility, and timing of priority were among the goal…

A survey of faculty in three schools of a South Australian postsecondary institution supported hypotheses that: (1) teachers would desire types of institutional decision making that would permit them more involvement, and (2) they would desire greater participation in decision making than they perceive themselves to have. (MSE)

The recently established Australian Committee of Directors and Principals in Advanced Education, a national lobbying group, has seemed confused in its sometimes conflicting presentations. The confusion results from generalized statements in the guise of philosophical expressions about the nature of the college endeavor, which sometimes conflicts…

A management strategy that is potentially more fruitful for the nonprofit sector than traditional management toward a primary objective is a risk management approach to organizational effectiveness. The organization's effectiveness, its survival, can be analyzed by categorizing the risks facing it and assessing its performance in managing these…

There are several kinds of plagiarism, and its significance varies with its circumstances. College administrations seem to avoid responsibility for examining allegations of academic plagiarism, and few procedures exist for addressing them. Until standard and open procedures are established and accepted, rigid and unrealistic attitudes will prevail…

The nature and functions of one element of the public postsecondary education system in England and Wales, the regional management centers that act as coordinating and advisory agencies, are described in the context of their establishment and history within the larger educational system. (MSE)

Results of a survey of 201 Australian college and university administrators concerning the need for an interdisciplinary professional training program for college planners and the importance of various planning functions and areas of knowledge for these officers are presented and discussed. Aspects of the survey itself are examined. (MSE)

The history and development of Australia's first part-time undergraduate degree program, in Griffith University's interdisciplinary humanities program, are chronicled. Related issues are discussed, including administrative and legal considerations and problems unique to part-time students. (MSE)

It is proposed that institutions of higher education must move from the traditional "Oxbridge" model of a community of scholars to a more market-oriented approach in patterns of governance and in their relationship with the societies they serve, calling for a more active leadership and management response. (MSE)

The differences between professional and nonprofessional continuing education and the roles of professional associations and educational institutions in each are outlined. The Western Australian Institute of Technology's program promoting coordination of educational efforts in the health sciences is described (MSE)

A report recommending wholly separate graduate management schools not connected to undergraduate education suggests two national schools, one existing and one to be created. Related issues of program quality assurance and finance are discussed, and some aspects of the proposed plan are criticized. (MSE)

Australia's Inquiry into Management Education (the Ralph Report) recommends a narrow framework for management education for the next 10 years and has designed the framework after very little discussion. The changes may set an unfortunate precedent for policymaking and patterns of authority within government and institutions. (MSE)