For strategic financial planning, institutions must determine their objectives and priorities, and adapt resource planning decisions to them. They must think in terms of efficient resource use and operational effectiveness. Strategic planning requires flexibility to adapt to changing environments and reallocate resources, and needs an effective…

A comparison of planning strategies in manufacturing companies and academic institutions suggests that while some differences may be due to organizational type, most are attributable to the stage of evolution of strategic planning reached in academic institutions and to attitudes toward its use. (MSE)

The implications of Australia's 1988 policy paper on higher education, which proposes far-reaching organizational, funding, and policy changes, are examined. The discussion focuses on the reasons for change, their scope and costs, accountability, research, and management issues. (MSE)

The implications of Australia's proposed changes in the administrative structure of higher education, which would result in the mergers of colleges and universities, are discussed in political, ideological, and practical terms. (MSE)

A discussion of Australia's proposed changes in higher education's administrative structure, resulting in institutional mergers for cost effectiveness, examines the extent to which savings can be expected from these policies and investigates the organizational conditions under which policymakers can use these savings to achieve the higher…

The funding for research in Australian universities before recent proposed changes is outlined, focusing on the universities' allocation and management of Special Research Grants. Differences between small and large universities are examined. (MSE)

The history of academic unions in Australia is reviewed, and it is argued that institutional and union leaders are more likely to succeed in stopping decline in higher education by cooperative efforts to influence governments than by the existing pattern of inter-sectoral or employer-employee rivalry. (MSE)

Innovation can be as much a matter of process and content as of structure. Innovation in Australian higher education will be necessary in the next few years, but without the growth or structural change that usually accompanies it. (MSE)

Aspects of higher education that differ in Australia and North America are highlighted, including government's role, governance, institutional advancement activities, the president's role, faculty, program design, and students. (MSE)

Higher education institutions in Australia are cautioned against placing too much emphasis in admissions on previous academic performance, whose predictive validity is questioned, and too little emphasis on other important factors relating to equity in the selection process and to educational supply and demand. (MSE)

The University of Tasmania's Computing Policy Committee's efforts to introduce technological change at the institution in a rapid and controlled manner in the last five years are described, and the likely progress of information technology and its impact on higher education institutions are discussed. (MSE)

Examples of international interinstitutional collaboration in instructional material development and exchange in Canada and Hong Kong are described. Considerations in establishing such collaborative arrangements are outlined, including organizational and technical issues such as support and copyrights. (MSE)

A discussion of strategies marketing in higher education focuses on the social marketing approach, outlining a conceptual framework, and looking at specific concerns and costs. The issue of entrepreneurialism's effect on higher education institutions is considered. (MSE)

Australian public universities have responded to market forces in faculty appointment, deregulation of faculty outside earnings, exploitation of intellectual property, creation of entrepreneurial structures, promotion criteria, research vs. teaching priorities, measurement of teaching efficiency, course offerings, meeting the overseas market, and…

Issues in selective admissions in Australia and especially in Victoria are reviewed. Administrative and policy issues are analyzed and some of the consequences of an imbalance between supply and demand are addressed. (MLW)