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This article reviews Australian experience since the late 1950s with “UGC-type” co-ordinating agencies for tertiary education. It focuses particularly on factors which have influenced the development and adaptation of co-ordinating agencies, the establishment and transformation over time of the Australian Universities Commission, and recent developments in co-ordinating mechanisms at both Commonwealth and state levels. An attempt is made to evaluate the suitability of current arrangements and to consider likely changes.
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Harman, G. Australian experience with co-ordinating agencies for tertiary education. High Educ 13, 501–515 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00128561
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