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A new report based on interviews with Australian university and government leaders explores their perceptions of major recent developments in the country's higher education sector and of future directions and challenges. The report, jointly published by the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education and the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, is tilted “Australian Universities at a Crossroads: Insights From Their Leaders and Implications for the Future,” and is available online here.

“Australian universities have experienced significant changes in the last 30 years and are at a key crossroads in their evolution and development,” the executive summary of the report states. “Although there have been multiple government task force reports and legislative initiatives, as well as scholarly books and policy analyses of the Australian university system, there exist few, if any, systematic surveys and analyses of the perceptions and observations of the sector’s leaders. This 2015-2016 study, which focuses on interviews with more than 100 university, government and community leaders, provides a unique review and analysis of their perceptions and insights.”