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Managing Australian universities is far more complex than in the past. Universities now have to deal with a massified student body, competition for students and funding, government pressures to diversify their funding base and demands for “accountability.” In the modern world, universities have sought to be attractive to students, improve their operations, develop and protect their “brand,” and optimize their place in world university league tables.
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Dobson, I.R. (2014). Using Data and Experts to Make the Wrong Decision. In: Menon, M.E., Terkla, D.G., Gibbs, P. (eds) Using Data to Improve Higher Education. Global Perspectives On Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-794-0_14
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