The Study Of Institutional Mergers In Australian Higher Education:1987-1991

The merger is a trend of higher education reform since the mid-twentiethcentury, mainly due to merge can achieve the integration of higher educationresources and significantly improve the economic benefits of higher education andeducational benefits in a relatively short period of time.About merger,we have beenfocusing on the experience of Britain and other Western countries. But there are a lotexperience we can learn from the merger in Australia since the1960s.In particularthe most representative of the merger,the merger of1987-91successfully handledmany problems about the college merger.The article will discuss in detail the1987-1991Australian universities merger, providing broader direction of thinkingabout university amalgamation of our future.Universities positioning vague, ill-defined, and the rising costs of highereducation, are the current round of university merger motivation.To solve theseproblems, the Government of Australia, this round college combined carefulplanning, careful layout, fully guarantee the autonomy of schools at the same time,pay attention to timely, timely intervention. Precisely because the authoritiestargeted the current round of Australian universities merger presents college freecombination, merger forms merge process is fast, the combined effect significantlythe situation is a lot you can learn from the other national universities mergerinitiatives.The Body mainly have five parts:The part1describes the background of this round of the Australian Collegemerger, which consists primarily of the History of Australian universities, a round ofmerger motives, and the exemplary role of the British universities merged. Thesecond part of the round of college merger macro features. The third section detailsthe type of round of university merger (annexation type respectively, digestion andabsorption type, style Union, loose style integration). Part IV on the basis of acomprehensive analysis of the four merged type, summed up the factors influencinguniversity to select the type of merge. The fifth part is a comprehensive summary of the current round of university merger revelation.